Navigate as a Bat. Real-Time Echolocation System in Virtual Reality

Anastassia Andreasen, Jelizaveta Zovnercuka, Kristians Konovalovs, Michele Geronazzo, Razvan Paisa, Stefania Serafin

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Abstract

Several studies provide evidence that blind people orientthemselves using echolocation, transmitting signals withmouth clicks. Our previous study within embodiment inVirtual Reality (VR) showed the possibility to enhance aVirtual Body Ownership (VBO) illusion over a body mor-phologically different from human in the presence of agency.In this paper, we explore real-time audio navigation withecholocation in Virtual Environment (VE) in order to cre-ate a feeling of being a virtual bat. This includes imita-tion of the sonar system, which might help to achieve astronger VBO illusion in the future, as well as build anecholocation training simulator. Two pilot tests were con-ducted using a within-subject study design, exploring timeand traveled distance during spatial orientation in VE. Bothstudies, involved four conditions – early reflections, reverb,early reflections-reverb (with deprived visual cues) and fi-nally vision. This resulted in preferred reflection pulses forthe test subjects with musical background, while only re-verberation features were favored by non-musicians, whenbeing exposed to VE walking-based task.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelProceedings of the 15th International Sound & Music Computing Conference (SMC2018)
Antal sider8
ForlagSound and Music Computing Network
Publikationsdatojul. 2018
Sider192-199
ISBN (Trykt)978-9963-697-30-4
DOI
StatusUdgivet - jul. 2018
Begivenhed15th Sound and Music Computing Conference (SMC 2018) - Limassol, Cypern
Varighed: 4 jul. 20187 jul. 2018
http://cyprusconferences.org/smc2018/

Konference

Konference15th Sound and Music Computing Conference (SMC 2018)
Land/OmrådeCypern
ByLimassol
Periode04/07/201807/07/2018
Internetadresse
NavnProceedings of the Sound and Music Computing Conference
ISSN2518-3672

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