In 1989, speaking of virtual reality, Jonathan Carey wrote that “spectacular power cannot be reduced to an optical model but is inseparable from a larger organization of perceptual consumption…The full coincidence of sound with image, of voice with figure, not only was a crucial new way of organizing space, time and narrative, but it instituted a more commanding authority over the observer, enforcing a new kind of attention.” In the last decades, the visual often dominates the conversations around virtual reality, but other senses play a big role in emplacing…
Editorial⎜About immersive audio, a look back at DOK Exchange XR 2024
