SBIR Phase II: Virtual Music helper, next-generation educational social platform for conservatory music practice and performance empowered by AI and AR

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目的更广泛影响将是为用户提供一个独特的、引人入胜的、协作的增强现实（AR）环境，让用户一起创作、练习和表演音乐。研究表明，音乐能促进学习。学习或练习音乐的孩子表现出更好的STEM熟练程度。然而，研究也表明，孩子们选择退出音乐教育是基于他们缺乏能力的错误信念，或者发现这种做法没有吸引力，最终放弃了。拟议的项目通过一个移动应用程序和平台来解决这个问题，用户可以在一个引人入胜的协作增强现实环境中独立创作、练习和演奏音乐。这个SBIR二期项目的智力优势在于独特的复调音高检测技术，可以帮助用户发现和纠正错误。它还提供了一个协作的AR环境，以保持在“情境学习”方法中创作或播放音乐。该平台最初设计用于英语、西班牙语或中文交流，用于钢琴和其他几种乐器的培训。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will be in providing a unique, engaging and collaborative augmented reality (AR) environment for users to create, practice and performing music together. Research suggests that music enhances learning. Children who learn or practice music have shown better STEM proficiency. However, studies also suggest that children opt out of music education based on the false belief that they lack ability or find the practice non-engaging and ultimately stop. The proposed project addresses this with a mobile application and platform for users to create, practice and perform music independently in an engaging, collaborative Augmented Reality environment. The intellectual merit of this SBIR Phase II project lies in the unique polyphonic pitch detection technology that can help users detect and correct their mistakes. It also provides a collaborative AR environment to remain engaged in creating or playing music in "situated learning" methodology. The platform is designed initially for English, Spanish, or Chinese communication for training on piano and several other instruments.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.