Virtual reality displays, such as head-mounted displays (HMD) afford us a superior spatial awareness by leveraging our vestibular and proprioceptive senses. Since the classical times, people have used memory palaces as a spatial mnemonic to help remember information by organizing it spatially in an environment and associating it with salient features in that environment. In this paper, we explo...

Mysterious abandonment of palaces on Crete during the Late Minoan period was always a challenging problem for archeologists and geologists. Various hypotheses explained this event by effects of tsunamis, earthquakes or climatic changes that were caused by the volcanic eruption of the Santorini volcano. While each of them or their possible combination contributed to the abandonment of palaces an...

the political and social system involved in the limbo between tradition and modernity of the qajar era caused widespread and quick developments in iranian culture, art, and architecture as well as a challenge between tradition and modernity. relatively numerous palaces built in this era were signs of greatness and distinction-seeking of the qajar kings and aristocrats, who embraced all transfor...

J. Audio Eng. Soc., Vol. 50, No. 9, 2002 September S t. Petersburg, now only one year away from celebrating its 300th anniversary, has long been considered the crown jewel of Russia. Its many palaces, once the homes of the Czars and other Russian nobility, now serve as some of the greatest museums in the world. The Hermitage, most notable of all, symbolizes the art and culture of Russia, and di...