Interactive Sonification of Curve Shape and Curvature Data

Authors:
Simon Shelley;Miguel Alonso;Jacqueline Hollowood;Michael Pettitt;Sarah Sharples;Dik Hermes;Armin Kohlrausch
Affiliations:
Human Technology Interaction, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands NL 5600 MB;Human Technology Interaction, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands NL 5600 MB;Human Factors Research Group, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK NG7 2RD;Human Factors Research Group, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK NG7 2RD;Human Factors Research Group, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK NG7 2RD;Human Technology Interaction, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands NL 5600 MB;Human Technology Interaction, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands NL 5600 MB
Venue:
HAID '09 Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design
Year:
2009

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Abstract

This paper presents a number of different sonification approaches that aim to communicate geometrical data, specifically curve shape and curvature information, of virtual 3-D objects. The system described here is part of a multi-modal augmented reality environment in which users interact with virtual models through the modalities vision, hearing and touch. An experiment designed to assess the performance of the sonification strategies is described and the key findings are presented and discussed.