What is Virtual Reality?

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Sound

  • Important to create a sense of atmosphere

  • Can greatly enhance feeling of presence

  • Can be used to provide valuable depth cues, aiding navigation

  • Enables the user to pervieve events that occur outside the immediate field of view

  • Audio feedback (can be useful as a substitute for haptic feedback)

  • Voice input/output

Author: Michael Louka (mlouka@sn.no)
Last Updated: 18 November 1996