Interaction Topologies in Mobile-Based Situated Networked Music Systems

Table 1

Degree of freedom, constraints, perception and agencies from a user point of view. These ratings are proposed by the authors as starting point for discussion.

agencies	Birds	Drops	Collective Loops	GrainField	88 Fingers	ProXoMix
degree of freedom of the interface	low	med	med	low	low	high
constraints on user actions	low	med	high	low	low	low / med
perceived personal agency	high	high	med	low	low / med	med / high
perceived contribution to shared rendering	high / med	med / low	high	high	low / med	med / high
perceived interaction with others	med / low	med / low	high	med	low / med	high