Creating Virtual Height Loudspeakers for Dolby Atmos and Auro-3D Using VHAP

Hyunkook Lee; Kacper Borzym

Creating Virtual Height Loudspeakers for Dolby Atmos and Auro-3D Using VHAP

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This engineering brief evaluates the effectiveness of VHAP (virtual hemispherical amplitude panning) as a tool to create virtual height loudspeakers for Dolby Atmos 5.1.4 and Auro-3D 9.1 content. Previous studies showed that VHAP can effectively render elevated phantom images using only three or four ear-level loudspeakers. This study subjectively compared the 4-channel and 3-channel VHAP stimuli rendered against the original 5.1.4,in terms of sense of height, sense of width and overall quality of experience. Five excerpts from Dolby Atmos and Auro-3D content of different types (film, classical and EDM) were tested. Results suggest that VHAP is able to create virtual height loudspeakers with no significant level of degradation, and for certain stimuli it can be slightly preferred to the original.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 148th AES Convention
Publisher	Audio Engineering Society
Publication status	Published - 28 May 2020
Event	148th AES Convention - Was due to take place in Vienna, Austria but due to COVID-19 held online/virtually Duration: 2 Jun 2020 → 5 Jun 2020 Conference number: 148 https://audioxpress.com/news/a-world-of-audio-at-148th-aes-vienna-2020-convention https://audioxpress.com/news/registration-opens-for-online-aes-virtual-vienna-convention-june-2-5-2020

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Conference	148th AES Convention
Period	2/06/20 → 5/06/20
Internet address	https://audioxpress.com/news/a-world-of-audio-at-148th-aes-vienna-2020-convention https://audioxpress.com/news/registration-opens-for-online-aes-virtual-vienna-convention-june-2-5-2020

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VHAP (Virtual Hemispherical Amplitude Panning) - VST Plugin: VHAP plugin
Lee, H., Johnson, D. & Mironovs, M., 14 Jul 2020
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Creating Virtual Height Loudspeakers for Dolby Atmos and Auro-3D Using VHAP

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