Echoes of Other Worlds: Sound in Virtual Reality, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018 Past, Present and Future Palgrave Studies in Sound Series

This book explores the nature and importance of sound in virtual reality (VR). Approaching the subject from a holistic perspective, the book delivers an emergent framework of VR sound. This framework brings together numerous elements that collectively determine the nature of sound in VR; from various aspects of VR technology, to the physiological and psychological complexities of the user, to the wider technological, historical and sociocultural issues. 

Tom A. Garner is a Research Fellow of Interactive Technologies at the University of Portsmouth. His work has appeared in The Oxford Handbook of Virtuality, The Oxford Handbook of Interactive Audio and he is co-author of Sonic Virtuality: Sound as Emergent Perception.

Offers a comprehensive examination of the acoustics and psychoacoustics relevant to sound in virtual environments (inclusive of virtual reality and video games) Provides the first the history of sound (non-music, non-speech) within virtual reality/games Contributes to multidisciplinary fields of study, including game design and technologies, computer science, music and sound design and the wider psychology and philosophy of virtual reality Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras