Brogaard Vittrup, Mikkel

Geronazzo, Michele

Køhlert, Jeppe

Leopold Hyldig Rosenkvist, Amalie

Markmann-Hansen, Camilla Kirstine

Sebastian Eriksen, David

Serafin, Stefania

Valimaa, Miicha

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The process of listening to an audiobook is usually a rather passive act that does not require an active interaction. If spatial interaction is incorporated into a storytelling scenario, can open. Possibilities of a novel experience which allows an active participation might affect the user-experience. The aim of this paper is to create a portable prototype system based on an embedded hardware platform, allowing listeners to get immersed in an interactive audio storytelling experience enhanced by dynamic binaural audio rendering. For the evaluation of the experience, a short story based on the horror narrative of Stephen King’s Strawberry Springs is adapted and designed in virtual environments. A comparison among three different listening experiences, namely, (i) monophonic (traditional audio story), (ii) static binaural rendering (state-of-the-art audio story), and (iii) our prototype, is conducted. We discuss the quality of the experience based on usability testing, physiological data, emotional assessments, and questionnaires for immersion and spatial presence. Results identify a clear trend for an increase in immersion with our prototype compared to traditional audiobooks, showing also an emphasis on story-specific emotions, i.e., terror and fear

Creating an Audio Story with Interactive Binaural Rendering in Virtual Reality

https://vbn.aau.dk/ws/files/317182865/1463204.pdf

Creating an Audio Story with Interactive Binaural Rendering in Virtual Reality

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