Audiovisual Resource Allocation for Bimodal Virtual Environments

Doukakis, Efstratios and Debattista, Kurt and Harvey, Carlo and Bashford-Rogers, Thomas and Chalmers, Alan (2017) Audiovisual Resource Allocation for Bimodal Virtual Environments. Computer Graphics Forum. ISSN 0167-7055

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Abstract

idelity is of key importance if virtual environments are to be used as authentic representations of real environments. However, simulating the multitude of senses that comprise the human sensory system is computationally challenging. With limited computational resources, it is essential to distribute these carefully in order to simulate the most ideal perceptual experience. This paper investigates this balance of resources across multiple scenarios where combined audiovisual stimulation is delivered to the user. A subjective experiment was undertaken where participants (N=35) allocated five fixed resource budgets across graphics and acoustic stimuli. In the experiment, increasing the quality of one of the stimuli decreased the quality of the other. Findings demonstrate that participants allocate more resources to graphics; however, as the computational budget is increased, an approximately balanced distribution of resources is preferred between graphics and acoustics. Based on the results, an audiovisual quality prediction model is proposed and successfully validated against previously untested budgets and an untested scenario.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is the peer reviewed version of the following article Doukakis, E., Debattista, K., Harvey, C., Bashford-Rogers, T. and Chalmers, A. (2017), Audiovisual Resource Allocation for Bimodal Virtual Environments. Computer Graphics Forum. doi:10.1111/cgf.13258 which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.13258 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
Identification Number:	10.1111/cgf.13258
Dates:	Date Event 14 July 2017 Published Online
Subjects:	CAH11 - computing > CAH11-01 - computing > CAH11-01-01 - computer science
Divisions:	Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > College of Computing
Depositing User:	Ian Mcdonald
Date Deposited:	16 Oct 2017 13:00
Last Modified:	22 Mar 2023 12:01
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/5232

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