Distance perception using open-back headphones and multi-channel speakers

Ikeda T, Kamekawa T, Marui A. Distance perception using open-back headphones and multi-channel speakers. In: AES Conference: AES 2024 International Audio for Games Conference. Audio Engineering Society; 2024. Paper 3. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22416

@inproceedings{Ikeda2024_22416,
  author = {Ikeda, Tsubasa and Kamekawa, Toru and Marui, Atsushi},
  title = {{Distance perception using open-back headphones and multi-channel speakers}},
  booktitle = {AES Conference: AES 2024 International Audio for Games Conference},
  note = {Paper 3},
  year = {2024},
  month = apr,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22416}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Distance perception using open-back headphones and multi-channel speakers
AU  - Ikeda, Tsubasa
AU  - Kamekawa, Toru
AU  - Marui, Atsushi
T2  - AES Conference: AES 2024 International Audio for Games Conference
M1  - Paper 3
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/04/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22416
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - In game audio and interactive productions, the representation of distance perception is important, but is considered to be difficult to implement. In this paper, a simple system using a combination of open-back headphones and multi-channel speakers was attempted to represent distance perception. A single ambisonics signal is sent to headphones and loudspeakers at the same time, thus representing a distance by changing the volume of both sources. Two experiments and one measurement were conducted with changing conditions. As a result, it was found that distance representation can be improved by selecting headphones with low sound obstruction and processing head-tracking.
ER  -