Usability of 3D-Sound for Navigation in a Constrained Virtual Environment

Château N, Emerit M, Gonot A. Usability of 3D-Sound for Navigation in a Constrained Virtual Environment. In: AES Convention 120. Audio Engineering Society; 2006. Paper 6800. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=13604

@inproceedings{Chateau2006_13604,
  author = {Château, Noël and Emerit, Marc and Gonot, Antoine},
  title = {{Usability of 3D-Sound for Navigation in a Constrained Virtual Environment}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 120},
  note = {Paper 6800},
  year = {2006},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=13604}
}

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AB  - This paper presents a study on a global evaluation of spatial auditory displays in a constrained virtual environment. Forty subjects had to find nine sound sources in a virtual town, navigating by using spatialized auditory cues that were delivered differently in four different conditions: by a binaural versus a stereophonic rendering (through headphones) combined by a contextualized versus decontextualized presentation of information. Behavioral data, auto-evaluation of cognitive load and subjective-impression data collected via a questionnaire were recorded. The analysis shows that the bina ural-contextualized presentation of auditory cues leads to the best results in terms of usability, cognitive load and subjective evaluation. However, these advantages are only observable after a certain period of acquisition.
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