Topological sound propagation with reverberation graphs

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 921-932

  Stavrakis, Efstathios ^a   Tsingos, Nicolas ^a   Calamia, Paul ^b,c  

^a REVES INRIA   (France)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D MODELS; ADJACENCY GRAPHS; COMPLETE SYSTEMS; COUPLING INTERFACES; DYNAMIC VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; INTERACTIVE RATES; INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS; INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; PRECOMPUTE; PRESSURE DECAYS; REVERBERATION EFFECTS; RUN-TIME; SOUND PROPAGATION; SPATIAL SUBDIVISIONS; TRANSPORT OPERATORS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; DECAY (ORGANIC); THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

REVERBERATION;

EID: 59149087273     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3813/AAA.918109     Document Type: Article

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