A Tool for Volumetric Visualization and Sonification of Head- Related Transfer Functions (HRTF’s)
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This letter documents the design and implementation of a tool which facilitates a new method of visualizing and sonifying Head-Related Transfer Function (HRTF) data sets. HRTF’s are empirically measured digital filters used in binaural spatialized audio systems which simulate the direction-dependant acoustic filtering properties of the human external ear. Because HRTF data sets are often reported as functions of three variables (azimuth angle, elevation angle, frequency), we suggest that three-dimensional, volumetric visualization tools can be effectively used to gain quick intuition about the structure of these large, complex data sets. Specifically, our visualization tool allows simultaneous visual and aural exploration of HRTF data by processing sounds with HRTF’s selected directly from volumetric displays of HRTF data.
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