The evaluation of mixed reality audio is typically approached under the paradigms of either authenticity or plausibility. While the first refers to the identity of a real and a virtualized sound source, the latter measures the degree of belief in cases where no direct reference is available. We refer to transfer-plausibility as the ability of a virtualized source to stand alongside multiple real sound sources. We present a perceptual experiment where listeners detect and identify a sound source as being virtualized using dynamic non-individualized binaural rendering under varying scene complexity. Scene Complexity is controlled by a varying number of loudspeakers. We demonstrate that the presented methodology mitigates ceiling effects, typically encountered in authenticity and plausibility tests.

Authors: Wirler, Stefan A.; Meyer-Kahlen, Nils; Schlecht, Sebastian J.
Affiliation: Aalto University
AES Conference: 2020 AES International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality (August 2020)
Paper Number: 3-4
Publication Date: August 13, 2020

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