A climate of fear: considerations for designing a virtual acoustic ecology of fear

Authors:
Tom Garner;Mark Grimshaw
Affiliations:
University of Bolton, BOLTON, United Kingdom;University of Bolton, BOLTON, United Kingdom
Venue:
Proceedings of the 6th Audio Mostly Conference: A Conference on Interaction with Sound
Year:
2011

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Abstract

This paper proposes a framework that incorporates fear, acoustics, thought processing and digital game sound theory; with the potential to not only improve understanding of our relationship with fear, but also generate a foundation for reliable and significant manipulation of the fear experience. A brief literature review provides the context for a discussion of fear and sound in virtual worlds before the framework is described; concluding remarks point to future empirical work testing and refining the framework.