TEA: Creating Experiences with Sound

Often when thinking about an immersive or interactive experience, the first thing that comes to mind is the visuals, the art, the landscape… However, one critical element can make an experience shine- or break immersion completely- if not done properly: Sound.

Join creative industry audio expert, Bonnie Bogovich, as she walks us through examples from her career and helps us better understand the uses and benefits of audio (sound design, ambience, music, and voice) for exhibits, video games, VR, and more.

About Bonnie Bogovich (Owner, Vocal and Audio Artist – BlackCatBonifide LLC):

Bonnie Bogovich has her fingers in a plethora of audio pies! As a sound designer, she has spent over a decade designing audio on a variety of award-winning educational products, virtual and augmented reality simulations, interactive experiences, audio plays and theme park attractions including “I Expect You To Die”, Sea World’s “Race For The Beach”, Legendary’s “Annihilator”, Earplay’s “Jurassic World Revealed,” KQMP’s “At The Tone”, and the upcoming multiplayer Horror VR title “HUSH: In Search of Dominic Ward”. Also an active vocal artist, her voice can be heard in games like “Pathfinder: Kingmaker”, “Death and Taxes”, “Water Bears,” and “Wasteland 3”, audio dramas and radio plays like “Codename Blank”, “Mandible Judy”, Cryptic Canticles’ “The Dracula Radioplay Experience” and “The Call of the Flame: An Audio Play”, and as a singer/vocalist on a variety of video game soundtracks and tribute albums. Bonnie runs her audio production studio, BlackCatBonifide LLC, in Austin, Texas. Learn more about her past work and current projects at https://blackcatbonifide.com