Echoes of Other Worlds: Sound in Virtual Reality : Past, Present and Future

Tom A. Garner

ISBN 10: 3319880861 / ISBN 13: 9783319880860

Published by Springer International Publishing, Springer Nature Switzerland, 2018

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Echoes of Other Worlds: Sound in Virtual Reality : Past, Present and Future
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Springer Nature Switzerland
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319880861
• ISBN 13: 9783319880860
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 21D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 21 millimeters depth
• Weight: 501 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.