The sound dimension

Author

Anderson, David B. ; Casey, Michael A.

Author_Institution

Mitsubishi Electric. Corp., MERL Res. Lab., Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

34

Issue

3

fYear

1997

fDate

3/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

46

Lastpage

50

Abstract

Although the spotlight of virtual reality research has been on providing views of simulated scenes and objects, some researchers have chosen to study how to fool other senses: hearing, touch, and even smell, into perceiving what is not there. They have good reason: the virtual environments that are best at stimulating multiple senses are also best at evoking a feeling of presence and immersion. Next to sight, hearing is the sense on which people rely the most. So sounds, too, can play an extremely critical role in a distributed virtual environment (DVE). The virtual reality (VR) experience is more satisfying when sound adds to or reinforces other DVE information. The paper discusses the variety of sound in VR systems and considers the selection of software and hardware for these uses of audio in DVE systems

Keywords

acoustic signal processing; distributed processing; software selection; user interfaces; virtual reality; audio; distributed virtual environment; hardware selection; hearing; multiple senses; research; simulated scenes; smell; software selection; sound; touch; virtual reality; Acoustic noise; Acoustic testing; Ear; Feedback; Graphics; Microphones; Music; Rendering (computer graphics); Virtual environment; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Spectrum, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9235

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/6.576008

Filename

576008