Montano Assistive Technology Center

HMC Interactive have designed and built three sound-reactive software programs for the Montano Assistive Technology Center in Connecticut, USA. The state-of-the-art multi-sensory environment provides sensory experiences to help children and adults with physical and cognitive disabilities.

The voice reactive technology creates beautiful abstract patterns of light – from vibrant blocks of colour to fireflies dancing in a forest. By creating sounds with different volume and pitch, participants can see the relationship between the visual effects and the sounds they produce.

Each software system empowers participants and encourages expression, stimulating vision, hearing, cognition and communication. The interactive enables the Montano Center to offer many complimentary therapies to aid learning in many individuals, such as those with cerebral palsy and autism.

HMC Interactive worked closely with music therapist Phoebe Tucker to design a multi-purpose interactive that could be used as a part of many different complimentary therapies. The new sensory room is a fantastic resource for delivering music therapy to the local community.