TEDxSanJoseCA - Ge Wang - Exploring New Ways to Connect People through Music April 18, 2011

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Co-founder of Smule and Creator of Magic Piano & Magic Fiddle

Ge Wang is the Co-founder, CTO, and Chief Creative Officer of Smule. Smule is a startup company exploring interactive sonic media on the iPhone. . Smule serves as a unique platform for research and development combining the state-of-the-art in computer music research with the potential to bring its visions to a wide population. Ge is the designer of Ocarina and Leaf Trombone: World Stage for the iPhone, and Magic Piano for the iPad. These expressive social musical instruments currently enable over two millions users expressively play and share music with one another around the world. Overall, Ge's mission is to deeply explore new ways with which people think, do, and interact through sound, technology, and music.

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