25-10-2012, 12:18 PM
Hearing in True 3-D
ABSTRACT
In 1984, researchers from Ames Research Center came together to develop advanced human interfaces for NASA s
teleoperations that would come to be known as ‘virtual reality.’ The basis of the work theorized that if the sensory interfaces
met a certain threshold and sufficiently supported each other, then the operator would feel present in the remote/synthetic
environment, rather than present in their physical location. Twenty years later, this prolific research continues to pay dividends
to society in the form of cutting-edge virtual reality products, such as an interactive audio simulation system.