Thesis (M.S.)--California Polytechnic State University, 2010. / Title from PDF title page; viewed on May 10, 2010. Major professor: Tom Mase, Ph.D. "Presented to the faculty of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo." "In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree [of] Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering." "March 2010." Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--California Polytechnic State University, 2010. / Mode of access: Internet. Title from PDF title page; viewed on Feb. 9, 2010. Major professor: Dr. Tom Mase. "Presented to the faculty of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo." "In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree [of] Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering." "January 2010." Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-175).

This diploma thesis The Role of Sound in Audiovision focuses on the topic of perception of viewers of the audio component in audiovisual outputs. The aim of the work is to find out to what extent viewers perceive all sound components of these works and whether they consider sound important. The theoretical part of the work provides insight into the psychology of sound in terms of affecting the perception of viewers, the types of sounds used in the media and their use. The research part presents the obtained data and their evaluation to find answers to questions focused on sound perception.

Player decision modeling can provide useful guidance to understand player performance in games. This information is used to increase consideration of player characteristics from the user’s perspective and develop more user-centered video games. This paper presents an initial proposal of a factor such as sound that may be considered when developing games, to see if horror games are facing challenges related to sound aspects of the game. Through related work, experiments, interviews and observations this paper aims to answer how sound in horror-games changes our gameplay experience as well as what impact the absence of sound has on a horror-game. We also present the results of this field study and present some suggestions for future research.