Into the Here and Now: Explorations within a New Acoustic Virtual Reality

Cliffe, Laurence

Abstract

The author reflects upon listeners’ experiences and the practice of developing a number of audio augmented reality sound installations deployed between 2019 and 2020. The installations realized audio augmented objects: physical real-world objects augmented with virtual audio content. Focusing on users’ feedback from one such installation environment, the author suggests that audio-augmented objects are capable of realizing virtual audio experiences that are indistinguishable from reality, offering the potential for the development of new and exciting auditory experiences that embed virtual audio content within listeners’ physical environments.

Citation

Cliffe, L. (in press). Into the Here and Now: Explorations within a New Acoustic Virtual Reality. Leonardo,

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 29, 2024
• Deposit Date: Nov 28, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 28, 2024
• Journal: Leonardo
• Print ISSN: 0024-094X
• Electronic ISSN: 1530-9282
• Publisher: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/42480431
• Publisher URL: https://direct.mit.edu/leon