Introduction: Artistic intention and technical considerations; 1 History of immersive sound experiences;PART I Guiding principles and system design2 Hamasaki-Square, Hamasaki-Cube, and the development of the 22.2 system; 3 Early immersive sound and the development of Auro-3D; 4 Immersive experience: Height, acoustics and emotional impact; 5 Natural listening, binauralization, and recording workflow; 6 Immersive workflow: Mixing in binaural and mixing for large space; 7 Immersive acoustics and reverberation; 8 Creating and distributing immersive audio experiences; 9 From measurement to immersion: Historical acoustics and modern applications; 10 Volumetric sound capture; 11 From live sound to virtual and distributed experiences; 12 Acoustic and perceptual factors in sound design for XR; 13 Take me out: Moving virtual reality outside academic laboratories to medical clinics and museums; 14 Enhancing museum experiences with real-time, immersive 3D audio technology; 15 Immersive technologies and artificial intelligence: Therapeutic tools for the treatment of neurocognitive diseases and functional diversity;PART II Production and creative practice16 Sound installations: The art and implementation; 17 Perspectives on multi-channel compositions; 18 Spatial sound composition: Concept and practice; 19 Immersive theatre: The emergent edge of storytelling with sound and spectacle; 20 Sound for immersive theater: Audio engineering forSleep No More; 21 Cinematic sound immersion; 22 Make the loudspeakers disappear; 23 Music composing for immersive experiences; 24 Immersion in 3D audio music productions; 25 Creating and producing music in immersive audio; 26 Immersive audio case studies for immersive audio in rock and pop music; 27 Producing and recording acoustic music in immersive; 28 Perspectives on immersive recordings; 29 The vertical AB system, content correlation, and the David Bowie exhibit; 30 Recording and mixingPicturing the Invisible: focus 1; 31 Recording Soundtrack of the American Soldier and remixing Star Wars ; 32 Immersive music production for Latin American artists; 33 Mastering for immersive.