Distance perception in loudspeaker-based room auralization

Sylvain Favrot*, Jörg M. Buchholz

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Abstract

A loudspeaker-based room auralization (LoRA) system has been recently proposed which efficiently combines modern room acoustic modeling techniques with high-order Ambisonics (HOA) auralization to generate virtual auditory environments (VAEs). The reproduction of the distance of sound events in such VAE is very important for its fidelity. A direct-scaling distance perception experiment was conducted to evaluate the LoRA system including the use of near-field control (NFC) for HOA. Experimental results showed that (i) loudspeaker-based auralization in the LoRA system provides similar distance perception to that of the corresponding real environment and that (ii) NFC-HOA provides a significant increase in the range of perceived distances for near sound sources as compared to standard HOA.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAudio Engineering Society Convention Papers
Place of PublicationNew York, NY
PublisherPRAESENS VERLAGSgesmbH
Pages859-866
Number of pages8
Volume2
ISBN (Print)9781615677122
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event127th Audio Engineering Society Convention - 2009 - New York, United States
Duration: 9 Oct 200912 Oct 2009

Other

Other127th Audio Engineering Society Convention - 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew York
Period9/10/0912/10/09

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