Directional Audio Coding (DirAC) for virtual worlds provides a new set of tools to synthesize sound sources in virtual worlds. In this paper, two methods are proposed that use projection of real and virtual auditory environments onto 3D-surfaces in a virtual world. The first method projects a B-format recordings onto an arbitrary surface by analyzing the spatial properties of time-frequency tiles of the input signals and by distributing them to the surface. The result is an ability to move in relation to the original microphone position in B-format recordings. The second method similarly projects room reverberation onto a surface in a doorway between two rooms, thus simulating the audible reverberation to the listener through a doorway. Informal listening suggests that the proposed methods provide a perceptually believable result.

Authors: Pihlajamäki, Tapani; Pulkki, Ville
Affiliation: Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, Espoo, Finland
AES Conference: 45th International Conference: Applications of Time-Frequency Processing in Audio (March 2012)
Paper Number: 4-5
Publication Date: March 1, 2012 Import into BibTeX
Subject: Spatial Sound
Permalink: https://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=16198

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