Virtual Environment (VE)

A virtual environment aims at creating situations in which humans have perceptions that do not correspond to their physical environment but to a virtual one. To achieve ths goal computer-controlled models generate signals for the different modalitys. Two main requirements of these environments are multimodality and interactivity which are still waiting to be implemented. Multimodality aims the integration of different modalities like vision, audition and tactility. Real-time interaction between user and environment means manipulating the environments conditions while navigating through it.

References:

Pedro Novo. Auditory Virtual Environments. In Communication Acoustics, Jens Blauert, Berlin 2005, p. 277-292.