Linearizing auditory distance estimates by means of virtual acoustics

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 813-824

  Devallez, Delphine ^a   Fontana, Federico ^a   Rocchesso, Davide ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY IUAV OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTICS; AUDITION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ABSORBING PROPERTIES; AUDITORY DISTANCES; AUDITORY INTERFACES; DIRECT MAPPINGS; ENERGY RATIOS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATIONS; PERCEIVED DISTANCES; PHYSICS-BASED MODELS; POTENTIAL TOOLS; PSYCHOPHYSICAL FUNCTIONS; SIMULATED ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL ACOUSTICS; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL SPACES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 59149083941     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3813/AAA.918101     Document Type: Article

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