When Everyone Can Play, Does Playing Still Matter? Inclusive Instrument or Gimmick?

We built an inclusive augmented reality guitar to make music-making accessible to almost anyone. But our tests revealed a paradox: can too much accessibility undermine an instrument’s authenticity?

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Published
2025-10-14
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17873236
Primary Topic
Tactile and Sensory Interactions
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When Everyone Can Play, Does Playing Still Matter? Inclusive Instrument or Gimmick?

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Tactile and Sensory Interactions
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When Everyone Can Play, Does Playing Still Matter? Inclusive Instrument or Gimmick?

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Abstract

We built an inclusive augmented reality guitar to make music-making accessible to almost anyone. But our tests revealed a paradox: can too much accessibility undermine an instrument’s authenticity?

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
University of South-Eastern Norway (NO)
Reduced inequalities
Openalex Percentile: Top 38%
Tactile and Sensory Interactions
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