Multimodal Perception

Stefania Serafin just held a great lecture on multimodal perception and sonic interaction design at the SMC summer school. It is fascinating with the differences in spatiotemporal resolution between the different senses: Spatial resolution eye — highest: very high spatial acuity (foveal acuity ≈ 1 arcmin), excellent for fine detail. tactile — medium: fingertip resolution ≈ 1–2 mm, good for textures and small features. ear — lowest: coarse spatial localization (degree-level accuracy), poor for fine spatial detail. Temporal resolution ...