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Acoustic Head-Tracking for Acquisition of Head-Related Transfer Functions with Unconstrained Subject Movement

Authors:
Sebastian Nagel, Tobias Kabzinski, Stefan Kühl, Christane Antweiler, and Peter Jax
Book Title:
AES International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality (AVAR)
Venue:
Redmond, WA, USA
Event Date:
20.08-22.08.2018
Organization:
Audio Engineering Society (AES)
Date:
August 2018
Language:
German

Abstract

Recently proposed Head-Related Transfer Function acquisition methods include head-tracking to allow unconstrained subject movements during the measurement. This enables fast measurements with less equipment than previous fast measurement approaches. In this paper, we propose a novel acoustic head-tracking concept, which is particularly suited for this application. Only a head-mounted microphone array and additional recording channels are required in addition to a regular measurement setup. Unlike other head-tracking systems, the tracking data is inherently synchronized to the acoustic measurements and the angle of sound incidence can be accurately determined without knowledge of loudspeaker positions. The concept is developed and evaluated in simulations and measurements, which show that the proposed acoustic head tracker outperforms a comparison device.