Real-Time Binaural Rendering with Virtual Vector Base Amplitude Panning

Shukla R, Radu IT, Sandler M, Stewart R. Real-Time Binaural Rendering with Virtual Vector Base Amplitude Panning. In: AES Conference: 2019 AES International Conference on Immersive and Interactive Audio. Audio Engineering Society; 2019. Paper 66. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=20414

@inproceedings{Shukla2019_20414,
  author = {Shukla, Rishi and Radu, Iuliu Teodor and Sandler, Mark and Stewart, Rebecca},
  title = {{Real-Time Binaural Rendering with Virtual Vector Base Amplitude Panning}},
  booktitle = {AES Conference: 2019 AES International Conference on Immersive and Interactive Audio},
  note = {Paper 66},
  year = {2019},
  month = mar,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=20414}
}

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TI  - Real-Time Binaural Rendering with Virtual Vector Base Amplitude Panning
AU  - Shukla, Rishi
AU  - Radu, Iuliu Teodor
AU  - Sandler, Mark
AU  - Stewart, Rebecca
T2  - AES Conference: 2019 AES International Conference on Immersive and Interactive Audio
M1  - Paper 66
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AB  - We present a virtual vector base amplitude panning (VBAP) implementation for 3D head-tracked binaural rendering on an embedded Linux system. Three degrees of freedom head-tracking is implemented within acceptable levels of latency and at 1° angular resolution. The technical performance of virtual VBAP is evaluated alongside a First Order Ambisonics (FOA) approach on the same platform, using analysis of localisation cue error against a human-measured head-related transfer function set. Our findings illustrate that, in scenarios utilising embedded or other portable, low-resource computing platforms, the nature and requirements of the immersive or interactive audio application at hand may determine whether virtual VBAP is a viable (or even preferable) approach compared to virtual FOA.
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