The accuracy of localizing virtual sound sources: Effects of pointing method and visual environment

Audio Engineering Society - 124th Audio Engineering Society Convention 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 878-886

  Majdak, Piotr ^a   Laback, Bernhard ^b   Goupell, Matthew ^b   Mihocic, Michael ^b  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS; HEAD RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION; LOCALIZATION ACCURACY; POINTING METHODS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SOUND SOURCE; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC; VERTICAL DIMENSIONS; VIRTUAL SOUND SOURCES; VIRTUAL WORLDS; VISUAL ENVIRONMENTS;

ERRORS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 84866512235     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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