Who am I?
This blog post provides a little bit of context about who I am & what I'm interested in. Take a read to learn more!
Welcome to my website!
My name is Matt Peachey. I am a PhD student in the Faculty of Computer Science at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Canada. I am currently working on research projects involving Machine Learning, Human Computer Interaction, and Music.
This page is used to share my thoughts on research, technology, music, sports and more. Take a look around!
Here I'm demoing one of my projects that uses Google's MediaPipe Hands for ML powered hand-tracking and uses that data to control parameters of a digital synthesizer.
Read my latest Blog Posts!
Implementing Karplus Strong on the Bela Platform
Karplus Strong is a famous physicial modelling synthesis algorithm for 'plucked string' sounds. This blog posts details how to implement it for the Bela or Bela Mini.
![[Research] Supporting Spatial Thinking in Augmented Reality Narrative: A Field Study](/assets/Supporting.3ec76d53_Zcq9Sr.png)
[Research] Supporting Spatial Thinking in Augmented Reality Narrative: A Field Study
This work is an evaluation of the StoryCreatAR tool kit with real authors, real narratives, and results from deploying that narrative as a public installation.
![[Research] MoveBox: Democratizing MoCap for the Microsoft Rocketbox Avatar Library](/assets/Movebox_Image.3386c7d4_Z1Hf2Aw.png)
[Research] MoveBox: Democratizing MoCap for the Microsoft Rocketbox Avatar Library
MoveBox looks at using Azure Kinect / Kinect 2 to handle Motion Capture for the RocketBox library of virtual avatars. This project was led by Microsoft Research and I was pleased to collaborate with the EPIC group.