Me too. Personally if all the HRTF databases contained all this individual data, i.e head width, height, ear distance from shoulders, and a picture of the pinnae. One could select the nearest to ones own, or have a system that throws up a few to chose. Listen for 24hours then done…
Steve On 25 Jan 2016, at 13:15, Dave Malham <[email protected]> wrote: > At this stage, one has to wonder just how much need there really is for > matching HRTF's. I'm not so convinced these dys as I once was, at least if > headtracking is properly implemented, the few "fixed" parameters are > matched (like inter-ear distances) and there are good visual cues as there > are in modern VR systems. > > Dave > > On 25 January 2016 at 12:58, Steven Boardman <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> We can definitely re-learn/reprogram our perception of stimulus, as long >> as there are other cues to back it up. >> This has been proven via glasses that alter the orientation of the visual >> field. After a while the brain adapts, and presents this as normal. >> I think that once learn your brain can remember this too… >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptual_adaptation >> >> Indeed I have found this to be the true of different HRTFs too, using my >> visual panning cues to learn the HRTF. >> This is even easier with head tracked VR video. >> >> Steve >> >> On 25 Jan 2016, at 12:40, Chris <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Maybe a silly question... >>> >>> But how much work has been done on the self-consistency of HRTFs? I'm >> aware that ear-wax, colds, which way round I sleep, etc can affect the >> level and HF response of one ear to another. And clothing, haircuts etc >> must significantly change the acoustic signal round our heads. >>> >>> So are measured HRTFs consistent over time? Or do we re-calibrate >> ourselves on a continuous basis? >>> >>> If the latter is true, then I can see that a generic HRTF could work if >> we were given some method (and time for) calibration. >>> >>> Chris Woolf >>> >>> On 25-Jan-16 11:45, Bo-Erik Sandholm wrote: >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20160125/29b98f04/attachment.html >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sursound mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, >> edit account or options, view archives and so on. >> > > > > -- > > As of 1st October 2012, I have retired from the University. > > These are my own views and may or may not be shared by the University > > Dave Malham > Honorary Fellow, Department of Music > The University of York > York YO10 5DD > UK > > 'Ambisonics - Component Imaging for Audio' > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20160125/589efcae/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit > account or options, view archives and so on. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20160125/8d46d445/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list [email protected] https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
