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Influence of Individual Head-Related Transfer Function on the Performance of Virtual Acoustic Imaging Systems

A virtual acoustic imaging system (the "Stereo Dipole") based on the binaural technique turned out to show differences in performance between individual subjects. To make detailed investigations possible, the individual head related transfer functions (HRTFs) of each subject were measured. Synthesized binaural signals were compared with those specifically designed for each subject. It was found that a mismatch of the HRTFs resulted in errors in image location.

Authors: Takeuchi, Takashi; Nelson, Philip A.; Kirkeby, Ole; Hamada, Hareo
Affiliations: ISVR University of Southampton, Southampton, UK ; Department of Information and Communication Engineering Tokyo Denki University ,Tokyo, Japan(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention:104 (May 1998) Paper Number:4700 Import into BibTeX
Subject:Audio in Virtual Reality Systems

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