Optimised real-time rendering of auditory events in immersive virtual environments

Abstract

This project looks at the problem of the capture or synthesis of acoustic events in reverberant spaces and their subsequent plausible reproduction in a virtual version of the original space, otherwise known as a Virtual Auditory Environment (VAE). Of particular concern is identification and perceptually accurate reconstruction of the important acoustic cues that enable us to localise sound sources in the whole 3-D space, with a special emphasis on the perception of auditory distance.