Auditory Distance Perception in HRTF-Based Binaural Rendering: Effects of Head Tracking and Reverberation

Chen P. Auditory Distance Perception in HRTF-Based Binaural Rendering: Effects of Head Tracking and Reverberation. In: Convention Paper. Audio Engineering Society; 2025. Paper 10246. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=23090

@inproceedings{Chen2025_23090,
  author = {Chen, Pingkang},
  title = {{Auditory Distance Perception in HRTF-Based Binaural Rendering: Effects of Head Tracking and Reverberation}},
  note = {Paper 10246},
  year = {2025},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=23090}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Auditory Distance Perception in HRTF-Based Binaural Rendering: Effects of Head Tracking and Reverberation
AU  - Chen, Pingkang
M1  - Paper 10246
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/10/14
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=23090
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - This study investigates the perceptual effects of distance cues in virtual auditory environments rendered using head-related transfer functions (HRTFs). Experiments were conducted using a custom binaural processing plugin and virtual reality (VR) environment to compare head-fixed and head-tracked conditions under both anechoic (free-field) and reverberant environments. In free-field conditions, head-fixed rendering resulted in in-head localization and compressed distance perception, while head-tracked rendering improved distance accuracy. In reverberant conditions, head-fixed rendering introduced underestimation bias, whereas head-tracked rendering yielded more consistent judgments across distances. Results confirm that head-tracked rendering improves auditory distance perception in both anechoic and reverberant contexts, supporting more accurate spatial audio design in immersive systems.
ER  -