Synchronous Reality: Enhancing Sensory Perception in Immersive VR
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Keywords
Synchronous Reality, Virtual Reality, Sensory input, Immersion, Presence
Abstract
This paper introduces the concept of Synchronous Reality whereby a combined sensory physical and virtual installation is created. The research is presented examining how the practice work evolved to establish the concepts which make up a Synchronous Reality installation. The research ultimately focused on creating a sensory landscape to complement the virtual layer of the installation, thus making a coherent whole which encompasses Synchronous Reality. The findings and conclusions indicate that this type of installation can increase the immersive quality and presence for the participant. The important considerations when making such an installation are also presented. The paper also touches upon a brief examination of the wider issues of how immersive virtual reality affects the digital economy and telecommunications.
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Hansen, M. (2006). Bodies in code: Interfaces with digital media (1st ed.). New York: Routledge.
Larsson, P., Väljamäe, A., Västfjäll, D., Tajadura-Jiménez, A., & Kleiner, M. (2009). Auditory-induced presence in mixed reality environments and related technology. The Engineering of Mixed Reality Systems, 143-163. doi: 10.1007/978-1-84882-733-2_8
Lecuyer, A. (2017). Playing with Senses in VR: Alternate Perceptions Combining Vision and Touch. IEEE Computer Graphics And Applications, 37(1), 20-26. doi: 10.1109/mcg.2017.14
Lombard, M., & Ditton, T. (1997). At the heart of it all: The concept of presence. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 3(2). doi: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.1997.tb00072.x
Massumi, B. (2002). Parables for the virtual. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
McNiff, S. (1998). Art-based research. Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley.
Mine, M., Brooks, F., & Sequin, C. (1997). Moving Objects In Space: Exploiting Proprioception In Virtual-Environment Interaction. In L. Pocock, R. Hopkins, D. Ebert & J. Crow (Eds.), SIGGRAPH '97 (pp. 19-26). New York: ACM Press/Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.
Munyan, B., Neer, S., Beidel, D., & Jentsch, F. (2016). Olfactory stimuli increase presence in virtual environments. PLOS ONE, 11(6), e0157568. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157568
Murray, J. (1997). Hamlet on the holodeck: The future of narrative in cyberspace. New York: Free Press.
Nordahl, R., & Nilsson, N. (2014). The sound of being there: Presence and interactive audio in immersive virtual reality. In K. Collins, B. Kapralos & H. Tesler (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of interactive audio (pp. 213-233). New York: Oxford University Press.
Proske, U., & Gandevia, S. (2012). The Proprioceptive Senses: Their Roles in Signaling Body Shape, Body Position and Movement, and Muscle Force. Physiological Reviews, 92(4), 1651-1697.
Proust, M. (1992). In search of lost time (T. Kilmartin, trans.). London, UK: Chatto & Windus.
Skains, R. (2018). Creative practice as research: Discourse on methodology. Media Practice and Education, 19(1), 82-97. doi: 10.1080/14682753.2017.1362175
Skarbez, R., Brooks, Jr., F., & Whitton, M. (2017). A survey of presence and related concepts. ACM Computing Surveys, 50(6), 1-39. doi: 10.1145/3134301
Slater, M. (2003). A note on presence terminology. Retrieved from http://s3.amazonaws.com/publicationslist.org/data/melslater/ref-201/a%20note%20on%20presence%20terminology.pdf
Sullivan, G. (2006). Art practice as research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Synchronous. (2019). In English Oxford living dictionaries. https://www.lexico.com/definition/synchronous
Whitelaw, M. (2012). Transmateriality: Presence aesthetics and the media arts. In U. Ekman (Ed.), Throughout: Art and culture emerging with ubiquitous computing (pp. 223-236). Boston, MA: The MIT Press.
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Mar 31, 2020
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Bailey, D. E. (2020). Synchronous Reality: Enhancing Sensory Perception in Immersive VR. Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, 8(1), 18–36. https://doi.org/10.18080/jtde.v8n1.246
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Author Biography
David Evans Bailey, Auckland University of Technology
I am currently researching a Doctorate investigating the creation of Art using immersive Virtual Reality at the Auckland University of Technology. I undertook a Master’s degree in Digital Media Art at the University of Brighton in 2014. Previously I engaged in a career as an IT Professional for around 30 years and spent some years as a secondary school teacher. A photographer from the age of eleven I became fascinated in creating digital art pieces from photographs.
