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“GABRIEL”: Geo-Aware BRoadcasting for In-Vehicle Entertainment and Localizability

Authors: Cohen, Michael; Villegas, Julian

AES Conference: 40th International Conference: Spatial Audio: Sense the Sound of Space · Paper 1-2 · October 2010

Abstract

We have retrofitted a vehicle with location-aware advisories/announcements, delivered via wireless headphones for passengers and "nearphones" or bone-conduction headphones for the driver. Our prototype differs from other projects exploring spatialization of the aural information: besides the commonly used landmarks to trigger audio streams delivery, our prototype uses geo-located virtual sources to synthesize spatial soundscapes. Intended as a "proof of concept" and testbed for future research, our development features multilingual tourist information, navigation instructions, and traffic advisories rendered simultaneously.

Details

Published in
AES Conference: 40th International Conference: Spatial Audio: Sense the Sound of Space
Paper number
1-2
Publication date
October 6, 2010
Session subject
Applications of Spatial Audio
Affiliation
University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Conference Paper