TY - GEN
T1 - The effects of ambient sounds on the quality of 3D virtual sound space
AU - Yairi, Satoshi
AU - Iwaya, Yukio
AU - Kobayashi, Maori
AU - Otani, Makoto
AU - Suzuki, Yôiti
AU - Chiba, Takeru
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Immersive sound spaces which are synthesized using virtual reality techniques have recently been developed to realize highly realistic telecommunication interactions. In real world soundscapes the sounds we usually listen to include background or "ambient" sounds such as the sounds of the ventilation system in a room. However, current virtual auditory display systems generate point sound sources which are often attributed to specific object locations. Therefore, it is possible to reproduce sound direction, but no information about the sound space is included. As a result, the sound output is often dry and unnatural. In this research, a rendering method for ambient sounds and its effects are investigated. An optimum rendering algorithm of ambient sounds is proposed and its effects on the quality of sound space are examined.
AB - Immersive sound spaces which are synthesized using virtual reality techniques have recently been developed to realize highly realistic telecommunication interactions. In real world soundscapes the sounds we usually listen to include background or "ambient" sounds such as the sounds of the ventilation system in a room. However, current virtual auditory display systems generate point sound sources which are often attributed to specific object locations. Therefore, it is possible to reproduce sound direction, but no information about the sound space is included. As a result, the sound output is often dry and unnatural. In this research, a rendering method for ambient sounds and its effects are investigated. An optimum rendering algorithm of ambient sounds is proposed and its effects on the quality of sound space are examined.
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U2 - 10.1109/IIH-MSP.2009.267
DO - 10.1109/IIH-MSP.2009.267
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:73649124561
SN - 9780769537627
T3 - IIH-MSP 2009 - 2009 5th International Conference on Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing
SP - 1122
EP - 1125
BT - IIH-MSP 2009 - 2009 5th International Conference on Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing
T2 - IIH-MSP 2009 - 2009 5th International Conference on Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing
Y2 - 12 September 2009 through 14 September 2009
ER -