On 31 May 2012 12:52, Peter Lennox <p.len...@derby.ac.uk> wrote: > Actually, there is something here, though I do wonder if it is pathological. > I've met people who told me that such-and-such a driving game was > fantastically realistic. I found it stilted, leaden and profoundly > unrealistic. I've even met people who, having 'virtually' driven a particular > race track, upon actually driving it, were actually surprised that their lap > performance in the real was inferior. >
But on the other hand, was it better or worse than if they hadn't played the game? Research has been reported showing that performance of subjects in accomplishing tasks - especially those requiring hand/eye coordination - is (significantly) better if they first work in simulations than if they hadn't done so. This is, of course, very worrying (or should be) for those who claim playing violent video games has no effect in the "real" world. > Of course, we do make good use of training simulators for pilots, and I > presume (hope) they are very much more 'realistic'. However, what they are > simulating is the cockpit of an aircraft which in itself constitutes a > partially mediated environment > Ah - but so's a racing car... Dave -- These are my own views and may or may not be shared by my employer Dave Malham Music Research Centre Department of Music The University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD UK Phone 01904 322448 Fax 01904 322450 'Ambisonics - Component Imaging for Audio' _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
