Shannon Chlistovsky

Muze: Multisensory Music Sharing to Foster Emotional Regulation and Social Connection

Muze is a mood-regulating and sharing device for improving emotional self-awareness and social connection. Users use movement and squeezing pressure to create music and share it with others within the 3D space. With the Muze app, friends can collaborate by layering their musical creations together to produce a song. This product offers a method of better understanding one's own emotions through auditory, haptic and visual integration. The product facilitates activities of play, which help the individual to take their mind off of sensitive emotions, help them to better understand how they are feeling and accentuates positive emotions. Ultimately, this product promotes social connection through creation, sharing.