Vaulted Harmonies: from film to VR and Dome architectures

Sebastien M, Katz BFG, Poirier-Quinot D, Moreau F. Vaulted Harmonies: from film to VR and Dome architectures. In: AVARIG 2026: Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality and Immersive Games. Audio Engineering Society; 2026. Paper 481. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=23373

@inproceedings{Sebastien2026_23373,
  author = {Sebastien, Maire and Katz, Brian F. G. and Poirier-Quinot, David and Moreau, Florent},
  title = {{Vaulted Harmonies: from film to VR and Dome architectures}},
  booktitle = {AVARIG 2026: Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality and Immersive Games},
  note = {Paper 481},
  year = {2026},
  month = jun,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=23373}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Vaulted Harmonies: from film to VR and Dome architectures
AU  - Sebastien, Maire
AU  - Katz, Brian F. G.
AU  - Poirier-Quinot, David
AU  - Moreau, Florent
T2  - AVARIG 2026: Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality and Immersive Games
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PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/06/30
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PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - The Vaulted Harmonies project explores the co-evolution of architecture, acoustics, and music in the cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris through immersive audiovisual experiences. Following the production of a one-hour animated feature film combining historically informed visual reconstructions and dynamic spatial audio renderings, three additional dissemination formats were developed: a dome version for planetarium diffusion, a standalone virtual reality experience, and a web-based interactive experience. While derived from the same core assets and archaeoacoustic reconstruction workflow, each platform required specific perceptual, technical, and distribution-oriented adaptations. This paper presents the shared adaptation workflow, platform-specific constraints and rendering strategies, and discusses scalable dissemination approaches for immersive heritage experiences.
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