Jamming in MR: Towards Real-Time Music Collaboration in Mixed Reality

Recent pandemic-related contact restrictions have made it difficult for musicians to meet in person to make music. As a result, there has been an increased demand for applications that enable remote and real-time music collaboration. One desirable goal here is to give musicians a sense of social presence, to make them feel that they are “on site” with their musical partners. We conducted a focus group study to investigate the impact of remote jamming on users' affect. Further, we gathered user requirements for a Mixed Reality system that enables real-time jamming and developed a prototype based on these findings.