Audiovisual Database with 360° Video and Higher-Order Ambisonics Audio for Perception, Cognition, Behavior, and QoE Evaluation Research

Robotham T, Singla A, Rummukainen OS, Raake A, Habets E (2022)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2022

Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Conference Proceedings Title: 2022 14th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience, QoMEX 2022

Event location: Lippstadt DE

ISBN: 9781665487948

DOI: 10.1109/QoMEX55416.2022.9900893

Abstract

Research into multi-modal perception, human cog-nition, behavior, and attention can benefit from high-fidelity content that may recreate real-life-like scenes when rendered on head-mounted displays. Moreover, aspects of audiovisual perception, cognitive processes, and behavior may complement questionnaire-based Quality of Experience (QoE) evaluation of interactive virtual environments. Currently, there is a lack of high-quality open-source audiovisual databases that can be used to evaluate such aspects or systems capable of reproducing high-quality content. With this paper, we provide a publicly available audiovisual database consisting of twelve scenes capturing real-life nature and urban environments with a video resolution of 7680×3840 at 60 frames-per-second and with 4th-order Ambison-ics audio. These 360° video sequences, with an average duration of 60 seconds, represent real-life settings for systematically evaluating various dimensions of uni-/multi-modal perception, cognition, behavior, and QoE. The paper provides details of the scene requirements, recording approach, and scene descriptions. The database provides high-quality reference material with a balanced focus on auditory and visual sensory information. The database will be continuously updated with additional scenes and further metadata such as human ratings and saliency information.

Authors with CRIS profile

Thomas Robotham International Audio Laboratories Erlangen (AudioLabs) Emanuël Habets Lehrstuhl für wahrnehmungsbasierte räumliche Audiosignalverarbeitung (AudioLabs)

Involved external institutions

Technische Universität Ilmenau DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Robotham, T., Singla, A., Rummukainen, O.S., Raake, A., & Habets, E. (2022). Audiovisual Database with 360° Video and Higher-Order Ambisonics Audio for Perception, Cognition, Behavior, and QoE Evaluation Research. In 2022 14th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience, QoMEX 2022. Lippstadt, DE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..

MLA:

Robotham, Thomas, et al. "Audiovisual Database with 360° Video and Higher-Order Ambisonics Audio for Perception, Cognition, Behavior, and QoE Evaluation Research." Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience, QoMEX 2022, Lippstadt Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022.

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