Telling people about virtual places: A qualitative perspective

Turner, Phil; McGregor, Iain

Abstract

This paper presents an investigation into how sound can be used to create a sense of place (that is, the sense of being in that particular place). In the study, people were asked to speak aloud and tell us what they could hear. The analysis of these concurrent verbalizations is a particular focus of this work. We also demonstrate the usefulness of this data and offer a novel interpretation based on the work of the phenomenologist Martin Heidegger.

Citation

Turner, P., & McGregor, I. (2004, October). Telling people about virtual places: A qualitative perspective. Presented at Presence 2004, Valencia, Spain

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: Presence 2004
• Start Date: Oct 13, 2004
• End Date: Oct 15, 2004
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2004
• Deposit Date: Jun 5, 2008
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 12, 2021
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 332-339
• ISBN: 8497056493
• Keywords: Sound; Spoken word; Perception; Sense of place; Phenomenology; Computer software; Software design; Virtual environments
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/1781
• Publisher URL: http://www.temple.edu/ispr/prev_conferences/proceedings/2004/presence2004.pdf