Raymond Scott Article

Raymond Scott was the father of electronic music, whose ideas about how to create and compose using machines was far ahead of his time. His story is an important one to remember for interaction and education designers. Many people will try to think within the confines of technology, forgetting that it changes so rapidly that what might be no more than an idea today could be tomorrow's standard. It's important to remember not to limit yourself, because surely there is someone out there who can or is creating the perfect technology just waiting for your idea to help it break out. Sort of like a killer app. One of the best exhibits where I work is the markerless motion capture pods. Markerless motion capture is something that only barely existed when we started to design the exhibits but it's breaking out more and more into mainstream applications now. Raymond Scott is an excellent example of someone who didn't constrain his ideas with reality.