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Published December 30, 2018 | Version Accepted pre-print
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Geometrical Algorithms for Real Time Sound Rendering Using Intelligent Prioritization

Creators

  • 1. GET Lab, Department of Multimedia and Graphics Arts, Cyprus University of Technology
  • 2. Research centre on Interactive media, Smart systems and Emerging technologies(RISE), Cyprus

Description

Geometrical algorithms have been the main subject of research in the field of real time sound rendering. These algorithms
are variants of the image source and ray tracing algorithms, enhanced with improvements that speed up substantially their
performance. The fundamental concepts behind the improvements achieved up to now was the reduction of the processed
information and the acceleration of the actual processing. In this paper, we show how altering the traversal method affects
significantly the algorithm’s performance. These optimizations alter its behavior, providing better results for real time purposes.
We separate the techniques into three major categories and we propose a stochastic Monte Carlo algorithm which involves
optimizations based on prioritization.

Notes

This work has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 739578 and under Grant Agreement No 692058 and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus through the Directorate General for European Programmes, Coordination and Development. DOI :10.2312/egve.20181319, Geometrical Algorithms for Real Time Sound Rendering Using Intelligent Prioritization, Charalampous, Panagiotis and Michael-Grigoriou, Despina, ICAT-EGVE 2018 - International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments, Bruder, Gerd and Yoshimoto, Shunsuke and Cobb, Sue, 2018, pages 85-94, Copyright ©2018 The Eurographics Association, The Eurographics Association.

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Funding

European Commission
NOTRE – Network for sOcial compuTing REsearch (NOTRE) 692058
European Commission
RISE – Research Center on Interactive Media, Smart System and Emerging Technologies 739578

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