Influence of parametrically-decoded First-order ambisonics reproduction in cinematic virtual-reality-based soundscape evaluation

• Main Authors: Lam, Bhan, Hong, Jooyoung, Ong, Zhen Ting, Gan, Woon-Seng, Kang, Jian, Feng, Jing, Tan, Sze-Tiong
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Soundscape; Spatial Audio; Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105858; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49570
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Increasing consumer availability of first-order ambisonics (FOA) microphones have enabled virtual evaluations of soundscapes with head-tracked binaural playback through headphones. Known issues with FOA binaural decoding techniques, such as timbral and spatial artefacts, however, have marred its adv...