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Virtual reality platform for sonification evaluation
Virtual reality platform for sonification evaluation
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Kuppanda, Thimmaiah
Degara, Norberto
Worrall, David
Thoshkahna, Balaji
Müller, Meinard
Degara, Norberto
Worrall, David
Thoshkahna, Balaji
Müller, Meinard
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In this paper we propose a game-based virtual reality platform for
evaluation of sonification techniques. We study the task of localization
of stationary objects in virtual reality using auditory cues.
We further explore sonification techniques and compare the performance
in this task using the proposed platform. The virtual reality
environment is developed using Unity3D (game engine) and
an Oculus Rift, a head mounted virtual reality display. Parameter
mapping sonification techniques are employed to map the position
of the object in virtual space to sound. Hence, the framework defined
here constitutes an auditory virtual reality environment. This
auditory display interface is subjectively evaluated in stationary
object localization task. A statistical analysis of the subjective and
objective measures of the listening test is performed resulting in a
robust and scientific evaluation of the sonification methods.
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2015-07
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