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Spatial Perception Under Visual Restriction by Moving a Sound Source Using 3D Audio

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Advances in Industrial Design (AHFE 2021)

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Recently, a path navigation system for visually impaired persons was developed that provides direction using three-dimensional (3D) audio. However, the path navigation system only provides the directions to a destination—the person cannot perceive either the shape of the room or the obstacles. Therefore, we investigated the effectiveness of 3D audio in spatial perception under visual restrictions. We conducted a spatial perception experiment and a walking experiment to confirm how accurately people can perceive spatial information by moving a sound source using 3D audio. In these experiments, we developed a mixed-reality application to provide spatial information in a virtual environment. A noise sound was presented and moved along the shape of the virtual room. The experimental results suggest that people can perceive spatial information and walk around the room by moving a sound source along the shape of the room.

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  1. Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama, 338-8570, Japan

    Koki Murakami, Keiichi Watanuki & Kazunori Kaede

  2. Advance Institute of Innovative Technology, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama, 338-8570, Japan

    Keiichi Watanuki & Kazunori Kaede

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  1. Department of Industrial Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA

    Cliff Sungsoo Shin

  2. Dipartimento di Architettura, Università degli Studi G. d’Annunzio, Pescara, Italy

    Giuseppe Di Bucchianico

  3. System Design and Management, Keio University, Musashino, Japan

    Shuichi Fukuda

  4. DAAP School of Design, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Yong-Gyun Ghim

  5. Faculty of Architecture, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    Gianni Montagna

  6. Faculty of Architecture, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    Cristina Carvalho

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Murakami, K., Watanuki, K., Kaede, K. (2021). Spatial Perception Under Visual Restriction by Moving a Sound Source Using 3D Audio. In: Shin, C.S., Di Bucchianico, G., Fukuda, S., Ghim , YG., Montagna, G., Carvalho, C. (eds) Advances in Industrial Design. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 260. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80829-7_93

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