We present a novel virtual acoustics simulation and spatial audio rendering framework, which is based on utilizing a wave-based acoustic simulation paradigm. The simulation takes place in the time domain and yields spatial impulse responses, which are then used in real-time virtual reality spatial audio rendering. We present various objective benchmarks on simulation accuracy and computational performance. The analysis reveals that the framework is capable of efficiently simulating large scale virtual acoustics problems in complex domains with good accuracy, even in challenging cases, such as when diffraction is prominent.

Authors: Pind, Finnur; Einarsson, Jóhannes F.; Guðjónsson, Steinar; Cosnefroy, Matthias; Pedersen, Jesper; Stefánsson, Jón B.; Milo, Alessia
Affiliation: Treble Technologies, Reykjavik, Iceland
AES Conference: 2022 AES International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality (August 2022)
Paper Number: 41
Publication Date: August 15, 2022 Import into BibTeX
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