Move 04 / The Opera Game

O2: A Sign to Vibe

Music that doesn't need ears to land.

Venue system, product journey and app prototype.

Close-up of the O2 Haptic Beat band on a wrist in a blue halftone world.
A haptic band collected at O2 Academy venues, syncing live music to the wrist.

Board position

Position

Deaf fans already feel music.

Tension

Venues rarely make that feeling part of the system.

Move

O2 Academy gives fans Haptic Beat bands synced to the live mix.

Result

Music lands through the wrist, body and crowd.

Brief

Turn live music into something deaf fans can feel.

Why I made it

The same gig, felt differently.

Introducing Vibe-Ing

A new genre of live music composed through sign language and felt through haptic vibration.

A deaf artist signing while an O2 Haptic Beat phone visual tracks the movement.
Vibe-Ing turns sign led performance into haptic rhythm.

The system

Haptic Beat makes accessibility part of the O2 Academy venue system, not a separate version of the gig.

O2 Haptic Beat band on a wrist.

01

The band

Bass, vocals and crowd moments become haptic patterns.

Haptic Beat bands charged inside an O2 Academy venue foyer.

02

The venue

Fans collect the band at O2 Academy gigs and feel the set live.

O2 app interface for converting a song into haptic vibration.

03

The app

Tracks and setlists become haptic replays after the show.

Live layer

BSL powered visuals support lyrics and hooks on stage, making sign part of the live show rather than an afterthought.

O2 Academy crowd watching a stage with BSL interpretation screens.
Sign-led visuals make hooks and lyrics part of the live show.
Fans inside an O2 Academy venue wearing glowing Haptic Beat bands.
Bass, vocals and crowd moments become patterns on the wrist.

Cultural layer

Artists and fans turn hooks into sign led choreography, helping Vibe-Ing travel through music culture.

Social style Vibe-Ing visual with people performing sign led choreography.
Vibe-Ing turns sign into music culture.

Try the prototype

Feel a track translated into haptic rhythm through your phone.

Open Vibe-Ing App

Or scan the code to open the A Sign to Vibe TestFlight beta.

QR code to open the A Sign to Vibe TestFlight beta.
Scan for A Sign to Vibe

O2. Music you can feel.

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