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Applications of Audio

Augmented Reality

Wearware, Everyware,

Anyware, and Awareware

Michael Cohen and Julián Villegas

13.1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

The previous chapter outlined the psychoacoustic theory behind cyberspatial sound,

recapitulated in Figure 13.1, and the idea of audio augmented reality (AAR), including

review of its various form factors. Whereware was described as a class of location- and

position-aware interfaces, particularly those featuring spatial sound. This chapter

considers application domains, interaction styles, and display congurations to

CONTENTS

13.1 Introduction and Overview ........................................................................... ...