Spatial Audio in Virtual and Augmented Reality Technologies

虚拟与增强现实(VAR)是创意技术的一个迅速发展的领域。随着VAR技术开始成熟并得到更广泛的采用，沉浸式体验的质量和细节显然将变得越来越重要。这将以高质量的身临其境的声音为中心。VR中有一句话：“耳朵指向眼睛”。当我们听到视线之外的声音时，我们会本能地环顾四周，寻找它的来源。声音是任何VAR体验的一个根深蒂固的方面，也是沉浸式环境中交互的重要推动因素，但许多VAR公司主要专注于图形和图像。此次合作的目标是开发新技术，以最详细的方式创造性地使用高质量的VAR声音，并探索VAR声音的新创造性应用。这些可能包括音景录制、“声音旅游”、新的创意形式、互动远程学习、远程表演艺术合作等等。在未来，VAR将发现迄今无法想象的创造性用途。这一伙伴关系将帮助英国和中国的创意产业踏上想象之旅。

Virtual and Augment Reality (VAR) is a rapidly developing area of creative technology. As VAR technologies begin to mature and become more widely adopted, it is clear that the quality and detail of the immersive experience will be of increasing importance. Central to this will be high quality immersive sound. There is a saying in VR: "the ears point the eyes". When we hear a sound that is out of our field of view, we instinctively look round to find its source. Sound is a deeply embedded aspect of any VAR experience and is an important instigator for interaction in immersive environments, yet many VAR companies have been predominantly focused on graphics and image.The aim of this partnership is to develop new technologies for working creatively with high quality VAR sound in the most detailed ways, and to explore new creative applications for VAR sound. These could include soundscape recording, 'sonic tourism', new forms of creativity, interactive distance-learning, remote performing-art collaboration, and so on. In the future, VAR will find creative uses that are as yet unimagined. This partnership will help UK and Chinese creative industries on that journey of imagination.