Echoes of Other Worlds: Sound in Virtual Reality
Past, Present and Future
Published on 1. September 2017
IX, 377 pages
978-3-319-65708-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book explores the nature and importance of sound in virtual reality (VR). Approaching the subject from a holistic perspective, the book delivers an emergent framework of VR sound. This framework brings together numerous elements that collectively determine the nature of sound in VR; from various aspects of VR technology, to the physiological and psychological complexities of the user, to the wider technological, historical and sociocultural issues.
Garner asks, amongst other things: what is the meaning of sound? How have fictional visions of VR shaped our expectations for present technology? How can VR sound hope to evoke the desired responses for such an infinitely heterogeneous user base? This book if for those with an interest in sound and VR, who wish to learn more about the great complexities of the subject and discover the contemporary issues from which future VR will surely advance.
Garner asks, amongst other things: what is the meaning of sound? How have fictional visions of VR shaped our expectations for present technology? How can VR sound hope to evoke the desired responses for such an infinitely heterogeneous user base? This book if for those with an interest in sound and VR, who wish to learn more about the great complexities of the subject and discover the contemporary issues from which future VR will surely advance.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2018
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
IX, 377 p. 15 illus.
File size
3,83 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-319-65708-0 (9783319657080)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-65708-0
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Book
09/2017
Palgrave Macmillan
€128.39
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Person
Tom A. Garner
is a Research Fellow of Interactive Technologies at the University of Portsmouth. His work has appeared in
The Oxford Handbook of Virtuality
,
The Oxford Handbook of Interactive Audio
and he is co-author of
Sonic Virtuality: Sound as Emergent Perception
.
Content
Introduction.- 1. The domain of virtual reality.- 2. Sound and the virtual.- 3. User-experience.- 4. Representations.- 5. Technological history.- 6. Reality check.- 7. Current status.- 8. Applications of virtual reality.- Conclusion.
