A CROSS-MODAL ENHANCED MULTI-DIMENTIONAL VISUALIZATION
Student thesis: Master Thesis and HD Thesis
- Linda Martinussen
4. term, Medialogy, Master (Master Programme)
Virtual environments are useful in enhancing the
feeling of being present in an illusion even though the
physical environment is completely different.
This focus of this project is to research in how a
higher level of presence in visualizations can be
evoked by utilizing virtual animations and spatialized
audio, which together represent a visual-audio
relationship in a cross-modal enhancement.
Three setups were tested on twelve subjects. One
setup had no audio, setup 2 included stereo sounds
and the last setup was using spatialized audio with
eight speakers. All setups used a back projected
screen, size 2,5m x 2,5m. The subjects were given
the same task to create a focus for the exploration.
The scenario for the visualization is an indoor arena,
containing random positioned audience, which is
applied random behaviour and appearance.
The audio design is utilizing 3D panning and
reverberation obtained by the RVBAP object to
create spatialized audio. The audio behaviour is
controlled by the visualization through OSC objects.
The tests were designed as within-subjects and
ANOVA was chosen as the analysis approach
supported by comparing the average of the raw test
data. The results expressed that Control factors,
Sensory factors and audio cues created presence,
but not under the same conditions.
The unpredictable individual state of mind of the
subjects in addition with a low amount of test
subjects and slow navigation options produced
unclear results to some extend.
Language | English |
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Publication date | 2007 |
Number of pages | 68 |
Publishing institution | Aalborg Universitet |