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One of the primary objectives of modern audiovisual media creation and reproduction techniques is realistic perception of the delivered contents by the consumer. Spatial audio-related techniques in general attempt to deliver the impression of an auditory scene where the listener can perceive the spatial distribution of the sound sources as if he/she were in the actual scene. Advances in spatial audio capturing and rendering techniques have led to a new concept of delivering audio which does not only aim to present to the listener a realistic auditory scene just as captured but also gives more control over the delivered auditory scene to the producer and/or the listener. This is made possible by being able to control the attributes of individual sound objects that appear in the delivered scene. In this section, this so-called “object-based” approach is introduced, with its key features that distinguish it from the conventional spatial audio production and delivery techniques. The related applications and technologies will also be introduced, and the limitations and challenges that this approach is facing will follow.
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Kim, C. (2014). Object-Based Spatial Audio: Concept, Advantages, and Challenges. In: Kondoz, A., Dagiuklas, T. (eds) 3D Future Internet Media. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8373-1_5
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