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Re: Why Isn't The Research Being Done?

In college at Caltech I made several binaural recordings of people walking around and talking in my apartment, opening and closing doors, making sounds, etc. I would then have someone sit where the binaural microphone (artifical head) was located and oriented and listen to the recording through my Beyerdynamic DT990 headphones. With almost every person while listening, they would impulsively react as if the event were real: Turn their head, jump, etc. Probably the most famous of these recordings was the "Beer Tax" by some next-door upperclassmen who walked-in unannounced or invited and raided our refrigerator!

I also made some recordings of James Boyk's afternoon class in Dabney Hall where he talks and plays the Steinway piano. When I replay these recordings and close my eyes, they are the closest I've heard to actually being transported to the original event.

Donald North

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