From news@nntp.Stanford.EDU Mon May 22 12:40:58 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA23606; Mon, 22 May 95 12:40:58 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA29114; Mon, 22 May 95 12:40:48 -0700 Received: from relay1.UU.NET (relay1.UU.NET [192.48.96.5]) by hitl.hitl.washington.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id MAA13613 for ; Mon, 22 May 1995 12:40:45 -0700 Received: from nntp.Stanford.EDU by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP id QQyqwc03080; Mon, 22 May 1995 15:39:22 -0400 Received: (from news@localhost) by nntp.Stanford.EDU (8.6.10/8.6.10) id MAA21154; Mon, 22 May 1995 12:38:36 -0700 To: sci-virtual-worlds@uunet.uu.net Path: usenet From: aledin@cmn13.Stanford.EDU (Alex Igoudin) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds,alt.sci.physics.acoustics,comp.cog-eng,sci.cognitive Subject: Stanford Summer Workshop on Audio/Haptics for VR Date: 22 May 1995 19:38:30 GMT Organization: Stanford University Lines: 64 Message-Id: <3pqp7m$l1a@nntp.Stanford.EDU> Nntp-Posting-Host: cmn13.stanford.edu Status: OR Stanford University CCRMA Summer Workshops 1995 ----------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOACOUSTICS AND PSYCHOPHYSICS: AUDIO AND HAPTIC COMPONENTS OF VIRTUAL REALITY DESIGN June 26 - July 8, 1995; Fee: $800 Two weeks instruction and laboratory. Limited to 15 participants. Instructors: Brent Gillespie, Craig Sapp Guest Lecturers: Perry R. Cook (CCRMA), Louis Rosenberg (Immersion Corp.), Malcolm Slaney (Interval Research), Bill Verplank (Interval Research), Beth Wenzel (Crystal River Corp.) This course will introduce concepts and apply tools from cognitive psychology to the composition of virtual audio and haptic environments. In particular, the salience of various auditory and haptic phenomena to the perception and performance of music will be examined. Just as visual artists spend time learning perspective to provoke 3D effects, composers and virtual object designers must study the perceptual sciences to create virtual environments which are convincing upon hearing and touch. We will study relevant topics from acoustics, psychology, physics and physiology. We will apply these to the design and rendering of virtual objects not for the eyes, but for the haptic and audio senses. Principles of speech, timbre, melody, pitch, texture, force, and motion perception will be addressed. Various audio and haptic effects and illusions will be demonstrated. Morning lectures will cover these topics and also feature talks by eminent researchers and entrepreneurs working in the fields of psychoacoustics and haptics. Afternoon labs will provide practical experience in psychophysics experiment design and execution. In addition to sound synthesis tools, various haptic interfaces will be made available for experiment designs. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ------------------------ Housing costs are not included in the course fee. Campus housing is available through the Stanford University Conference Office. No academic credit is offered for participation in the workshops. FOR APPLICATIONS OR INFORMATION ON OTHER CCRMA SUMMER WORKSHOPS: ---------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> Introduction to Algorithmic Composition >>>> Advanced Projects in Algorithmic Composition >>>> Digital Signal Processing for Audio: Spectral and Physical Models >>>> Music Printing with Small Computers using SCORE http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/CCRMA/Courses/SummerWorkshops/95/Introductio n.html e-mail: aledin@ccrma.stanford.edu phone: (415) 723-4971 fax: (415) 723-8468 CCRMA Summer Workshops Department of Music Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-8180, USA.