Bernardo, FranciscoPestana, Pedro DuarteMartins, Luís G.2016-04-112016-04-112015BERNARDO, Francisco ; PESTANA, Pedro Duarte ; MARTINS, Luís G. - The Smart Stage: Designing 3D interaction metaphors for immersive and ubiquitous music systems. In 1st International Conference on New Music Concepts (ICNMC 2015), Treviso, Italy, 7-8 March 2015. [New Music Concepts: 1st International Conference ICNMC 2015]. Milano: ABEditore, 2015. ISBN 978-88-6551-188-6. 9 p.http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/19631This conceptual paper describes a work in progress in the process of design and implementation of the Smart Stage, an interactive music system prototype for collaborative musical creativity in immersive and ubiquitous environments. This system is intended to have a low entry barrier, thus more forgiving to users with lesser experience or knowledge in music, and it is designed with affordances to support intuitive progress in improvisational performance in a collaborative setting. We present a preliminary technical overview of the system and a first case study of a 3D interaction metaphor for granular synthesis, developed for this environment.eng3D User InterfacesInteractive Music SystemsMultimodal Gestural AcquisitionPrototypingUbiquitous Computingconference object