Author's comments on Gröhn, Lokki, and Takala, ICAD 2003

ABSTRACT

Historical background and motivation for ICAD2003 paper is presented. In addition, the research results followed up is briefly overviewed and future work is elaborated.

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INDEX TERMS

General Terms:
Experimentation, Human Factors, Performance

Keywords:
Virtual reality, auditory display, spatial audio