Cocktail party in a box: Spatializing multiple talkers over a headphone based intercom system to improve speech comprehension

During live event shows, event operators rely on industry-grade intercom systems to communicate with each other and coordinate the progress of the event. Depending on the size of the event, they may need to monitor up to dozens of audio feeds and react on the commands when necessary. We hypothesize that enabling users to spatially separate the sound sources helps them better follow the commands. Our objective is to perform user experiments under simulated work environment using 3D audio instead of standard audio. We expect the 3D audio technique to improve the user performance, as well as improves the usability and pleasantness of overall user experience.

Faculty Supervisor:

Ilja Frissen

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Partner:

Clear-Com Research Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

McGill University

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