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Spatial Sound Enhancing Virtual Story Telling

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Spatial sound information/cues may enhance the sense of immersiveness in virtual story telling. However, their role within complex, loosely-structured narratives is little understood. This paper describes a virtual heritage project that aims to convey a factual story using interactive virtual environments. Sound was added to the existing project in an effort to enhance the virtual experience. The use of sound is assessed through a user-study in order to assess its effectiveness and suggest methods of improvement.

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  1. Computer Science Department, University College, Cork, Ireland

    David Murphy & Ian Pitt

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  1. Virtual Reality Department, CS SI, ZAC de la Grande Plaine, rue Brindejonc des Moulinais, 31029, Toulouse, France

    Olivier Balet

  2. Laboratoire d’Informatique, Université d’Avignon, 339, chemin des Meinajariès, 84911, Avignon Cedex, France

    Gérard Subsol

  3. IRIT, Université Paul Sabatier, 118, route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse Cedex 4, France

    Patrice Torguet

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Murphy, D., Pitt, I. (2001). Spatial Sound Enhancing Virtual Story Telling. In: Balet, O., Subsol, G., Torguet, P. (eds) Virtual Storytelling Using Virtual Reality Technologies for Storytelling. ICVS 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2197. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45420-9_3

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