scholarly journals Evaluation of Spatial Audio Reproduction Methods (Part 2): Analysis of Listener Preference

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Francombe ◽  
Tim Brookes ◽  
Russell Mason ◽  
James Woodcock
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Audio ◽  
Audio Reproduction

scholarly journals Creation of Auditory Augmented Reality Using a Position-Dynamic Binaural Synthesis System—Technical Components, Psychoacoustic Needs, and Perceptual Evaluation

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1150
Author(s):  
Stephan Werner ◽  
Florian Klein ◽  
Annika Neidhardt ◽  
Ulrike Sloma ◽  
Christian Schneiderwind ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Auditory Perception ◽  
Audio Signal ◽  
Spatial Audio ◽  
Impulse Responses ◽  
Synthesis System ◽  
Perceptual Evaluation ◽  
Listening Tests ◽  
Work Done ◽  
Audio Reproduction

For a spatial audio reproduction in the context of augmented reality, a position-dynamic binaural synthesis system can be used to synthesize the ear signals for a moving listener. The goal is the fusion of the auditory perception of the virtual audio objects with the real listening environment. Such a system has several components, each of which help to enable a plausible auditory simulation. For each possible position of the listener in the room, a set of binaural room impulse responses (BRIRs) congruent with the expected auditory environment is required to avoid room divergence effects. Adequate and efficient approaches are methods to synthesize new BRIRs using very few measurements of the listening room. The required spatial resolution of the BRIR positions can be estimated by spatial auditory perception thresholds. Retrieving and processing the tracking data of the listener’s head-pose and position as well as convolving BRIRs with an audio signal needs to be done in real-time. This contribution presents work done by the authors including several technical components of such a system in detail. It shows how the single components are affected by psychoacoustics. Furthermore, the paper also discusses the perceptive effect by means of listening tests demonstrating the appropriateness of the approaches.

scholarly journals Effects and applications of spatial acuity in advanced spatial audio reproduction systems with loudspeakers

2020 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 107179
Author(s):  
Jose J. Lopez ◽  
Pablo Gutierrez-Parera ◽  
Lauri Savioja
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Audio ◽  
Spatial Acuity ◽  
Audio Reproduction

scholarly journals Qualitative Evaluation of Media Device Orchestration for Immersive Spatial Audio Reproduction

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 414-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Francombe ◽  
James Woodcock ◽  
Richard Hughes ◽  
Russell Mason ◽  
Andreas Franck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Spatial Audio ◽  
Audio Reproduction

Binaural Source Localization and Spatial Audio Reproduction for Telepresence Applications

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 509-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fakheredine Keyrouz ◽  
Klaus Diepold
Keyword(s):  
Source Localization ◽  
Sound Source ◽  
Transfer Functions ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
High Fidelity ◽  
Spatial Audio ◽  
3D Sound ◽  
Perceptual Presence ◽  
Remote Environment ◽  
Audio Reproduction

Telepresence is generally described as the feeling of being immersed in a remote environment, be it virtual or real. A multimodal telepresence environment, equipped with modalities such as vision, audition, and haptic, improves immersion and augments the overall perceptual presence. The present work focuses on acoustic telepresence at both the teleoperator and operator sites. On the teleoperator side, we build a novel binaural sound source localizer using generic Head Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs). This new localizer provides estimates for the direction of a single sound source given in terms of azimuth and elevation angles in free space by using only two microphones. It also uses an algorithm that is efficient compared to the currently known algorithms used in similar localization processes. On the operator side, the paper addresses the problem of spatially interpolating HRTFs for densely sampled high-fidelity 3D sound synthesis. In our telepresence application scenario the synthesized 3D sound is presented to the operator over headphones and shall achieve a high-fidelity acoustic immersion. Using measured HRTF data, we create interpolated HRTFs between the existing functions using a matrix-valued interpolation function. The comparison with existing interpolation methods reveals that our new method offers superior performance and is capable of achieving high-fidelity reconstructions of HRTFs.

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