This paper explores methodological issues and policy implications concerning the
implementation of the EU Environmental Noise Directive (END) across Member States …

Virtual reality (VR) offers tourism many useful applications that deserve greater attention
from tourism researchers and professionals. As VR technology continues to evolve, the …

Developments in immersive audio technologies have been evolving in two directions:
physically motivated systems and perceptually motivated systems. Physically motivated …

Reality capture allows for the reconstruction, with a high accuracy, of the physical reality of
cultural heritage sites. Obtained 3D models are often used for various applications such as …

The first artificial reverberation algorithms were proposed in the early 1960s, and new,
improved algorithms are published regularly. These algorithms have been widely used in …

In this paper we present a user-centered design approach to the development of a Virtual
Environment (VE), by utilizing an iterative, user-informed process throughout the entire …

Simulating sounds produced by realistic vibrating objects is challenging because sound
radiation involves complex diffraction and interreflection effects that are very perceptible and …

This book gives a broad overview of research on sound simulation driven by a variety of
applications. Vibrating objects produce sound, which then propagates through a medium …

A real-time audio rendering system is introduced which combines a full room-specific
simulation, dynamic crosstalk cancellation, and multitrack binaural synthesis for virtual …

We present novel algorithms for modeling interactive diffuse reflections and higher-order
diffraction in large-scale virtual environments. Our formulation is based on ray-based sound …