Head-mounted displays as opera glasses: using mixed-reality to deliver an egalitarian user experience during live events (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bishop, C., Esteves, A., & McGregor, I. (2017, November). Head-mounted displays as opera glasses: using mixed-reality to deliver an egalitarian user experience during live events. Presented at Proceedings of the 19th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction - ICMI 2017

This paper explores the use of head-mounted displays (HMDs) as a way to deliver a front row experience to any audience member during a live event. To do so, it presents a two-part user study that compares participants reported sense of presence acros... Read More about Head-mounted displays as opera glasses: using mixed-reality to deliver an egalitarian user experience during live events.

Sonifying the solar system (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Quinton, M., McGregor, I., & Benyon, D. (2016, July). Sonifying the solar system. Presented at The 22nd International Conference on Auditory Display: Sonic Information Design

Sound is potentially an effective way of analysing data and it is possible to simultaneously interpret layers of sounds and identify changes. Multiple attempts to use sound with scientific data have been made, with varying levels of success. On many... Read More about Sonifying the solar system.

Soundscape mapping: comparing listening experiences (2010)
Thesis
McGregor, I. Soundscape mapping: comparing listening experiences. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4284

The perceived auditory environment is an increasingly important part of people’s everyday interactive experiences. While sound design is an established discipline in media such as video games and cinema, this is not the case in Human-Computer Interac... Read More about Soundscape mapping: comparing listening experiences.

Visualising the soundfield and soundscape: extending Macaulay and Crerar’s 1998 method (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McGregor, I., Crerar, A., Benyon, D., & LePlâtre, G. (2008, June). Visualising the soundfield and soundscape: extending Macaulay and Crerar’s 1998 method. Presented at ICAD 2008: The 14th annual International Conference on Auditory Display, Paris, France

The introduction of effective auditory warnings into a shared environment requires a prior understanding of the existing soundfield and soundscape. Reifying the physical and perceptual auditory environment enables a form of pre-auditioning, as well a... Read More about Visualising the soundfield and soundscape: extending Macaulay and Crerar’s 1998 method.

Listening, corporeality and presence (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., Turner, S., & McGregor, I. (2007, October). Listening, corporeality and presence. Presented at PRESENCE 2007: The 10th Annual International Workshop on Presence, Barcelona, Spain

The use of sound to create or enhance the sense of presence is well recognized and the measurements of which have focused on hearing, e.g. “were you able to identify a particular sound?”, “how well could you localize the sounds”. To this treatment of... Read More about Listening, corporeality and presence.

Workplace soundscape mapping: a trial of Macaulay and Crerar’s method (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McGregor, I., Crerar, A., Benyon, D., & LePlâtre, G. (2006, June). Workplace soundscape mapping: a trial of Macaulay and Crerar’s method. Presented at ICAD 2006: The 12th International Conference on Auditory Display, London, UK

This paper describes a trial of Macaulay and Crerar’s method of mapping a workplace soundscape to assess its fitness as a basis for an extended soundscape mapping method. Twelve participants took part within 14 separate environments, which included a... Read More about Workplace soundscape mapping: a trial of Macaulay and Crerar’s method.