Recent technological developments have finally brought virtual reality (VR) out of the
laboratory and into the hands of developers and consumers. However, a number of …

This chapter looks at a range of auditory display and sonification applications that have
tackled the problem of monitoring real-time data streams and concludes with some …

Sound planning is not often included in the urban design process despite the well-known
audio-visual interactions of human perception. A methodology to compare the overall …

It has been suggested that the basic building blocks of music mimic sounds of moving
humans, and because the brain was primed to exploit such sounds, they eventually became …

An ever more sedentary lifestyle is a serious problem in our society. Enhancing people's
exercise adherence through technology remains an important research challenge. We …

For effective virtual realities,“presence,” the feeling of “being there” in a virtual environment
(VR), is deemed an essential prerequisite. Several studies have assessed the effect of the …

Gait disturbances are a common feature of Parkinson's disease, one of the most severe
being freezing of gait. Sensory cueing is a common method used to facilitate stepping in …

Traffic, music, language and nature help to create unique soundscapes that are essential to
the place-based character of each city. Taking into account both the urban soundscape and …

We consider kinesthetic awareness, the perception of our own body position and movement
in space, as a critical value for embodied design within third wave HCI. We designed an …

In this paper, we describe several experiments whose goal is to evaluate the role of plantar
vibrotactile feedback in enhancing the realism of walking experiences in multimodal virtual …