Acoustic waves are fascinating phenomena in gases, liquids or solids with numerous
physical and technical aspects. Air is the medium of interest when it comes to audible sound …

Technology and applications for the rendering of virtual acoustic spaces are reviewed.
Chapter 1 deals with acoustics and psychoacoustics. Chapters 2 and 3 cover cues to spatial …

This second edition of a bestseller presents systematic and extensive coverage of the
primary areas of research and development within VE technology. It brings together a …

This book systematically details the basic principles and applications of head-related
transfer function (HRTF) and virtual auditory display (VAD), and reviews the latest …

Explores the principles and practical considerations of spatial sound recording and
reproduction. Particular emphasis is given to the increasing importance of multichannel …

The research we are reporting here is part of our effort to develop a navigation system for the
blind. Our long-term goal is to create a portable, self-contained system that will allow visually …

The term “binaural technique” is used as a cover label here for methods of sound recording,
synthesis and reproduction, where the signals in focus are the acoustic signals at the …

Spatial quality in reproduced sound is a subset of the broad topic of sound quality. In the
past it has been studied less rigorously than other aspects of reproduced sound quality …

3-D Audio Using Loudspeakers is concerned with 3-D audio systems implemented using a
pair of conventional loudspeakers. A well-known problem with these systems is the …

Following the recent trend of employing parametric enhancement tools for increasing coding
or spatial rendering efficiency, Spatial Audio Object Coding (SAOC) is one of the recent …