Modern immersive audio delivers perceptual clues rather than reconstructing real sound fields

Evidence

The present-day multichannel “immersive” systems are fundamentally different. They don’t attempt to capture and reconstruct a sound field, but they can deliver clues suggesting the basic perceptions of a live experience. — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 281

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies the key distinction between sound-field capture (1930s) and modern ‘immersive’ clue-based reproduction.