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Quantity of Presence: Beyond Person, Number, and Pronouns

  • Michael Cohen
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Summary

Alternative non-immersive perspectives enable new paradigms of perception, especially in the context of frames-of-reference for musical audition and groupware. MAW, acronymic for multidimensional audio windows, is an application for manipulating sound sources and sinks in virtual rooms, featuring an exocentric graphical interface driving an egocentric audio backend. Listening to sound presented in such a spatial fashion is as different from conventional stereo mixes as sculpture is from painting. Schizophrenic virtual existence suggests sonic (analytic) cubism, presenting multiple acoustic perspectives simultaneously. Clusters can be used to hierarchically organize mixels, [sound] mixing elements. New interaction modalities are enabled by this sort of perceptual aggression and liquid perspective. In particular, virtual concerts may be “broken down” by individuals and groups.

Key words and Phrases

binaural directional mixing console CSCW (computer-supported collaborative work) frames of reference group-ware mixel ([sound] mixing element) points of view sonic (analytical) cubism sound localization spatial sound. 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Michael Cohen
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  1. 1.Spatial Media Group, Human Interface LabUniversity of AizuAizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima-kenJapan

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