Video game to help orangutans compose their own music

A group of adorable Orangutans at Melbourne Zoo have proved they're legit video game fanatics, with researchers using Xbox Ones to engage the primates in an interactive enrichment program. And as if that wasn't cute enough, they're also set to be the world's first Orangutan-identified experimental noise band, ABC's Catalyst reported, with researchers developing an audio-based game where music adjusts according to the primate's movements. Meaning they'll be able to make their own songs. SEE ALSO: Orangutan at Barcelona Zoo ROFLs after guy's dumb magic trick A groundbreaking study will see orangutans graduate from video gamers to music composers. Researchers at the University of Melbourne's Microsoft Research Centre for Social Natural User Interfaces (NUI) worked with Zoos Victoria on the project, and so far the study has shown both a positive impact on the animals themselves, as well as on the way they're perceived by zoo visitors.