Hmm - yes, "so's a racing car" - especially F1. But the whole 'seat of the pants' thing - minute vibrations, feeling the back end 'going light', using a minute dip in the road to assist 'slingshot' round a corner, feeling the 'stickiness' of tyres change with temperature, wear, and whether you're on the racing line (where everyone else has deposited rubber) or not, feeling 'slipstream effects', brake fade and so on - I imagine all these are absolutely integral to squeezing every last drop out of a situation, and it is these that are hard to render coherently
Dr Peter Lennox School of Technology University of Derby, UK tel: 01332 593155 e: p.len...@derby.ac.uk -----Original Message----- From: sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Dave Malham Sent: 31 May 2012 13:46 To: Surround Sound discussion group Subject: Re: [Sursound] Catching the same fly twice (and a curious question) 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 _____________________________________________________________________ The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this email was sent to you in error, please notify the sender and delete this email. Please direct any concerns to info...@derby.ac.uk. _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
