TY - GEN
T1 - Evaluating HRTF similarity through subjective assessments
T2 - 40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014, Joint with the 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014 - Music Technology Meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos
AU - Andreopoulou, Areti
AU - Roginska, Agnieszka
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Areti Andreopoulou et al.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This work investigates the associations between objectively measured distance metrics and subjective assessments of similarity in HRTF data. For this purpose two different means of matching users to HRTF sets were compared: a simple system computing correlations between personally collected HRTF data and a repository of 111 measured binaural datasets, and an HRTF user-preference study assessing the spatial quality of a subset of this data based on certain attributes. The purpose of this comparison is twofold: first, to investigate the presence of an association between HRTF distance and perceived spatial quality, and second, to identify factors that can affect subjective judgment. The results primarily highlighted the importance of binaural reproduction exposure and training for the appreciation and understanding of a virtual auditory scene. In addition, they offered a means of assessing the effectiveness of the utilized evaluation criteria as a function of user expertise.
AB - This work investigates the associations between objectively measured distance metrics and subjective assessments of similarity in HRTF data. For this purpose two different means of matching users to HRTF sets were compared: a simple system computing correlations between personally collected HRTF data and a repository of 111 measured binaural datasets, and an HRTF user-preference study assessing the spatial quality of a subset of this data based on certain attributes. The purpose of this comparison is twofold: first, to investigate the presence of an association between HRTF distance and perceived spatial quality, and second, to identify factors that can affect subjective judgment. The results primarily highlighted the importance of binaural reproduction exposure and training for the appreciation and understanding of a virtual auditory scene. In addition, they offered a means of assessing the effectiveness of the utilized evaluation criteria as a function of user expertise.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84908867015
T3 - Proceedings - 40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014 and 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014 - Music Technology Meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos
SP - 1375
EP - 1381
BT - Proceedings - 40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014 and 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014 - Music Technology Meets Philosophy
A2 - Kouroupetroglou, Georgios
A2 - Georgaki, Anastasia
PB - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Y2 - 14 September 2014 through 20 September 2014
ER -