Deep dive in the immersion

Immersion is a multidimensional concept; when considering the interplay between technological advancements, cognitive processes, and individual subjective preferences - it becomes even more challenging to measure the level of immersive experience. 

In immersive audio and spatial audio technology, we most often focus on lower-level attributes, such as envelopment, externalisation, and spatialisation. There is a noticeable lack of investigation into higher-level concepts, particularly those that impact user experience more holistically. In this preliminary study we try to addresses this gap by exploring narrative engagement — a specific aspect of immersion that deals with the user's emotional and cognitive involvement in a story. We are looking at both self-report and physiological measures to see whether the format of presented audio sample affects one, or the other, or both.

Read about my work:

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7249088501848133633/

Work presented at AES New York Convention by prof. Hyunkook Lee

Open to extending the study to a larger scale to publish in journal.