Open Sound Control(OSC) is a network protocol that allows software and hardware to send and receive data. It is traditionally used for controlling Sound related equipment such as DJ Equipment, Musical Instruments and Sliders/Faders.
However, OSC itself can be used for basically any purpose where you need to send structured data over the network. In Resonite, we're seeing this used for:
- Haptics
- Face and Eye Tracking
- Macro Pads/Shortcut pads
Data
OSC Supports many data types, but Resonite supports:
- Float
- Double
- Int
- Long
- String
- Color
- ColorX (Will convert to sRGB)
- DateTime
- Byte
Many OSC Applications send data purely as Floats.
Examples
- Using a Phone's sensors
- Rotating an in-game box with your phone's gyroscope by Frooxius.
- Accessing Sensors2OSC Data - Tutorial by ProbablePrime
- Sliders, Buttons and a Multi-Touch System