Sound Synthesis and Evaluation of Interactive Footsteps for Virtual Reality Applications

Rolf Nordahl; Stefania Serafin; Luca Turchet

doi:10.1109/VR.2010.5444796

Sound Synthesis and Evaluation of Interactive Footsteps for Virtual Reality Applications

Rolf Nordahl, Stefania Serafin, Luca Turchet

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Abstract

A system to synthesize in real-time the sound of footsteps on different materials is presented. The system is based on microphones which allow the user to interact with his own footwear. This solution distinguishes our system from previous efforts that require specific shoes enhanced with sensors. The microphones detect real footsteps sounds from users, from which the ground reaction force (GRF) is estimated. Such GRF is used to control a sound synthesis engine based on physical models. Evaluations of the system in terms of sound validity and fidelity of interaction are described.

Original language	English
Journal	I E E E Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium
Volume	1
Pages (from-to)	147-153
Number of pages	7
ISSN	1087-8270
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2010.5444796
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	IEEE Virtual Reality 2010 - Boston, United States Duration: 20 Mar 2010 → 26 Mar 2010 Conference number: 17

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Conference	IEEE Virtual Reality 2010
Number	17
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston
Period	20/03/2010 → 26/03/2010

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This paper won the "Best Paper Award" at the conference "IEEE Virtual Reality 2010"

Keywords

Sound Synthesis
Physical model
Footstep Sound
Auditory Perception

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Nordahl, R., Serafin, S., Fontana, F., Lecouyer, A., Hayward, V. & Cooperstock, J.
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01/10/2008 → 30/09/2011
Project: Research

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