Auditory Perception of the Listening Position in Virtual Rooms Using Static and Dynamic Binaural Synthesis

Neidhardt A, Fiedler B, Heinl T. Auditory Perception of the Listening Position in Virtual Rooms Using Static and Dynamic Binaural Synthesis. In: AES Convention 140. Audio Engineering Society; 2016. Paper 9517. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=18216

@inproceedings{Neidhardt2016_18216,
  author = {Neidhardt, Annika and Fiedler, Bernhard and Heinl, Tobias},
  title = {{Auditory Perception of the Listening Position in Virtual Rooms Using Static and Dynamic Binaural Synthesis}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 140},
  note = {Paper 9517},
  year = {2016},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=18216}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Auditory Perception of the Listening Position in Virtual Rooms Using Static and Dynamic Binaural Synthesis
AU  - Neidhardt, Annika
AU  - Fiedler, Bernhard
AU  - Heinl, Tobias
T2  - AES Convention 140
M1  - Paper 9517
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2016/05/06
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PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Virtual auditory environments (VAEs) can be explored by controlling the position and orientation of an avatar and listening to the scene from its changing perspective. Reverberation is essential for immersion and plausibility as well as for externalization and the distance perception of the sound sources. These days, room simulation algorithms provide a high degree of realism for static and dynamic binaural reproduction. In this investigation, the ability of people to discriminate listening positions within a virtual room is studied. This is interesting to find out whether the state of the art room simulation algorithms are perceptually appropriate, but also to learn more about people’s capability of orientating themselves within a purely acoustical scene. New findings will help designing suitable VAEs.
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