OurBlues is a six-person multidisciplinary graduate student team at Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center sponsored by Deeplocal to allow ETC students to experience what it is like to work in a creative technology and experience design firm. The prompt for the team is to create a self-contained product that elevates the personal spaces where Gen Z can tap into their feelings with sad music, transforming the space based on their unique music taste. 

The team is creating a “window to your music,” a device to be installed next to the bed of the user. This window will display content that reacts and changes to the music played by the user, with shifting environments based on data from each song. Making use of LED screens and projection in unique ways, the team is exploring how to make a flat surface look and feel like a real window. With this window, the team wants to turn the bedroom into a vehicle that will transport the user through their memories, allowing them the space to reflect on their relationships with others.