eprintid: 10120632 rev_number: 16 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/12/06/32 datestamp: 2021-02-05 10:43:13 lastmod: 2021-11-08 00:39:20 status_changed: 2021-02-05 10:43:13 type: proceedings_section metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Jambrošic, K creators_name: Krhen, M creators_name: Horvat, M creators_name: Oberman, T title: The use of inertial measurement units in virtual reality systems for auralization applications ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C04 divisions: F34 keywords: Virtual Reality, Auralization, Inertial measurement units note: Open access article https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ abstract: Auralisation finds increasingly more important applications in everyday life with the development and broad availability of virtual reality technologies and systems. This paper presents a new research project focused on auralisation implementation in different hardware systems, mainly by using binaural technology with an added head tracking system. Besides commercially available VR systems, the possibility of using inexpensive inertia measurement sensors connected to simple embedded systems will be investigated as an alternative auralisation system for adding natural aural experience in VR applications. In addition, the possibility of using widely available smartphones with already integrated movement and direction sensors for auralisation purposes using a binaural system will be examined. The listed platforms will be measured and compared considering their precision, latency and quality of the virtual sound field using practical auralisation examples in laboratory conditions, and in real life situation in-situ. Measurement plans for sensor parameters and characteristics, such as delay, sensitivity and accuracy, are presented in the paper for both IMU sensors connected to an embedded system and sensors integrated in smartphones. date: 2019 date_type: published publisher: RWTH Publications official_url: https://doi.org/10.18154/RWTH-CONV-238864 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1844813 doi: 10.18154/RWTH-CONV-238864 isbn_13: 9783939296157 lyricists_name: Oberman, Tin lyricists_id: TOBER63 actors_name: Flynn, Bernadette actors_id: BFFLY94 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Proceedings of the International Congress on Acoustics place_of_pub: Aachen, Germany pagerange: 2611-2618 event_title: 23rd International Congress on Acoustics issn: 2415-1599 book_title: Proceedings of the International Congress on Acoustics editors_name: Ochmann, M editors_name: Vorländer, M editors_name: Fels, J citation: Jambrošic, K; Krhen, M; Horvat, M; Oberman, T; (2019) The use of inertial measurement units in virtual reality systems for auralization applications. In: Ochmann, M and Vorländer, M and Fels, J, (eds.) Proceedings of the International Congress on Acoustics. (pp. pp. 2611-2618). RWTH Publications: Aachen, Germany. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10120632/1/769275.pdf