Human auditory localization strongly relies on head movements. Thus, for plausible perception of virtual acoustic scenes the incorporation of head movements is mandatory. This is achieved via loudspeaker playback as a listener can move the head relatively to the scene. When using binaural synthesis the head movements need to be tracked and the scene needs to be rotated accordingly to achieve a stable perception of the acoustic scene. We present a low-cost, plug-and-play device (MrHeadTracker ) to facilitate head-tracking based on the Arduino platform and the BNO055 sensor. Its performance is compared against another low-cost device (GY-85) and an optical tracking system (Optitrack Flex 13). The proposed MrHeadTracker outperforms the GY-85 device in terms of accuracy and latency and yields comparable results to the optical tracking system.

Authors: Romanov, Michael; Berghold, Paul; Frank, Matthias; Rudrich, Daniel; Zaunschirm, Markus; Zotter, Franz
Affiliations: Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria; University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Graz, Austria; Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics, IEM(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention: 142 (May 2017) Paper Number: 9689
Publication Date: May 11, 2017 Import into BibTeX
Subject: Spatial Audio—Binaural 1
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