In-Virtualis: A Study on the Impact of Congruent Virtual Reality Environments in Perceptual Audio Evaluation of Loudspeakers

Saurì Suárez A, Kaplanis N, Serafin S, Bech S. In-Virtualis: A Study on the Impact of Congruent Virtual Reality Environments in Perceptual Audio Evaluation of Loudspeakers. In: AES Conference: 2019 AES International Conference on Immersive and Interactive Audio. Audio Engineering Society; 2019. Paper 67. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=20385

@inproceedings{SauriSuarez2019_20385,
  author = {Saurì Suárez, Alejandro and Kaplanis, Neofytos and Serafin, Stefania and Bech, Søren},
  title = {{In-Virtualis: A Study on the Impact of Congruent Virtual Reality Environments in Perceptual Audio Evaluation of Loudspeakers}},
  booktitle = {AES Conference: 2019 AES International Conference on Immersive and Interactive Audio},
  note = {Paper 67},
  year = {2019},
  month = mar,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=20385}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - In-Virtualis: A Study on the Impact of Congruent Virtual Reality Environments in Perceptual Audio Evaluation of Loudspeakers
AU  - Saurì Suárez, Alejandro
AU  - Kaplanis, Neofytos
AU  - Serafin, Stefania
AU  - Bech, Søren
T2  - AES Conference: 2019 AES International Conference on Immersive and Interactive Audio
M1  - Paper 67
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2019/03/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=20385
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - The practical benefits of conducting evaluations of acoustical scenes in laboratory settings are evident in the literature. Such approaches, however, may implicate an audio-visual incongruity, as assessors are physically in a laboratory room, whilst auditioning another, e.g., an auditorium. In this report it is hypothesised that presenting congruent audio-visual stimuli improves the experience of an auralised sound field. Measured sound fields were reproduced over a 3D loudspeaker array. Experts assessors evaluated those in two visual conditions: a congruent room, and a dark environment. The results indicate a tendency towards improved plausibility and decreased task-difficulty for congruent conditions. Visual conditions did not reveal a statistical significance indicating the need of further experiments with a larger sample-size, interface improvements, and realistic graphics.
ER  -