Acoustics of the one person space: headphone listening, detachable ambience, and the binaural prehistory of VR

This article traces forgotten debates over the cultural acceptability of headphone listening in order to present an audio-centric history of private virtual space. I focus on how cultural attitudes towards headphone use transformed in tandem with developments in 3D binaural audio, new practices of s...

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Main Author: Roquet, Paul (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Informa UK Limited, 2021-03-24T21:48:59Z.
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