Augmented Reality (AR) technologies are increasingly utilized as a means of stimulating immersive experiences to cultural site visitors, mainly through visual superimposition of interactive digital elements onto the physical world. Recent ...

Head-related transfer function (HRTF) individualization can improve the perception of binaural sound. The interaural time difference (ITD) of the HRTF is a relevant cue for sound localization, especially in azimuth. Therefore, individualization of ...

Modeling of sound propagation is very important for virtual acoustics and virtual reality applications. For that reason, highly advanced computer models for the prediction of sound fields in rooms have already been proposed. However, most of them are ...

A fundamental requirement for both realistic modeling and immersive presence is spatial audio, correctly rendering the presentation of each object with aural characteristics. Auditory attributes involve perceived directions, distances, and the ...

Spatial sound is useful in enhancing immersion and presence of the user in a virtual world. The spatial audio design allows the game designer to place audio cues that appropriately match with the visual cues in a virtual game environment. These ...

In the 360 videos, the role of sound became crucial as it not only contributes to the participant’s level of Presence (the feeling of being in the virtual environment) but can also provide viewers with a periodical awareness of their surroundings; ...

This paper presents an experimental study of spatial sound usefulness in searching and navigating through augmented reality environments. Participants were asked to find three objects hidden within no-sound and spatial sound AR environments. The ...

As the technology improves and their cost decreases, tabletop computers and their inherent ability to promote collaboration amongst users are gaining in popularity. Their use in virtual reality-based applications including virtual training environments ...

Spatial sound and interactivity are key elements of investigation at the Sound And Music Computing master program at Aalborg University Copenhagen.

We present a collection of research directions and recent results from work in these areas, with the ...

Auditory interfaces can overcome visual interfaces when a primary task, such as driving, competes for the attention of a user controlling a device, such as radio. In emerging interfaces enabled by camera tracking, auditory displays may also provide ...

This article investigates the effect of various design parameters of auditory information display on user performance in two basic information retrieval tasks. We conducted a user test with 22 participants in which sets of sound samples were presented. ...

Directional audio coding (DirAC) is a parametric time-frequency domain method for processing spatial audio based on psychophysical assumptions and on energetic analysis of the sound field. Methods to use DirAC in spatial sound synthesis for virtual ...

In typical environments, the direct path between a sound source and a listener is often occluded. However, due to the phenomenon of diffraction, sound still reaches the listener by "bending" around an obstacle that lies directly in the line of straight ...

This paper describes a user study on interaction with a mobile device installed in a driving simulator. Two new auditory interfaces were proposed and their effectiveness and efficiency were compared to a standard visual interface. Both auditory ...