The Effect of Music on the Perception of Display Rate and Duration of Animated Sequences: An Experimental Study

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  • TPCG '04 Proceedings of the Theory and Practice of Computer Graphics 2004 (TPCG'04)
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  • 2004

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Abstract

Itýs currently impossible, even on modern graphicshardware to compute high fidelity graphics of complexscenes in real time. As we are producing the graphicsfor human observers it may be possible to exploitlimitations of the human perceptual system to improvethe quality/rendering time ratio. When confronted withmultisensory input the human has to divide his/hercognitive resources between the different sensorystimuli. This paper presents an independent samplesexperiment on the influence of musical tempo andemotional suggestiveness of music on the perceptionmotion and time duration in a computer graphicsenvironment. The purpose of this work is to investigatewhether music would be a significant distractor,allowing us to render at a slower frame rate withoutany perceivable difference for the user. No overallmain effect of fast tempo/exciting music was revealed,while slow tempo/relaxing music resulted in longerduration estimations and slower perceived temporalrates.