Introduction
Immersive Sound
Through sound, vision, touch, smell, and taste, multi-sensory integration into a scene can create an immersive experience. Immersive sound can give the listener an experience of being there through sound. Compared to vision, sound provides a fully immersive experience and can be perceived from all directions simultaneously. In fact, sound has the ability to ground a listener in a fixed location while other sensory information changes simultaneously. Filmmakers are well aware of this effect, often using sound to establish a fixed location in a scene while having the visual perspective change frequently.
For a moment, let’s consider an immersive experience generated using sound alone. ...
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