Design and evaluation of a web- and mobile-based platform for binaural audio - Supplementary Material

Supplementary material used for the evaluation and results reported in:

"Design and Evaluation of a Web-and Mobile-Based Binaural Audio Platform for Cultural Heritage." 

Comunità, Marco, Andrea Gerino, Veranika Lim, and Lorenzo Picinali.

Applied Sciences 11, no. 4 (2021): 1540.

Content:

• Audio and image files used for the soundscapes adopted during evaluation
• Questionnaires (anonymised) compiled during evaluation

Abstract: PlugSonic is a suite of web- and mobile-based applications for the curation and experienceof 3D interactive soundscapes and sonic narratives in the cultural heritage context. It was developedas part of the PLUGGY EU project (Pluggable Social Platform for Heritage Awareness and Partici-pation) and consists of two main applications: PlugSonic Sample, to edit and apply audio effects,and PlugSonic Soundscape, to create and experience 3D soundscapes for headphones playback. Theaudio processing within PlugSonic is based on the Web Audio API and the 3D Tune-In Toolkit, whilethe mobile exploration of soundscapes in a physical space is obtained using Apple’s ARKit. The maingoal of PlugSonic is technology democratisation; PlugSonic users—whether cultural institutions orcitizens—are all given the instruments needed to create, process and experience 3D soundscapes andsonic narratives; without the need for specific devices, external tools (software and/or hardware),specialised knowledge or custom development. The aims of this paper are to present the design anddevelopment choices, the user involvement processes as well as a final evaluation conducted withinexperienced users on three tasks (creation, curation and experience), demonstrating how PlugSonicis indeed a simple, effective, yet powerful tool.

Links:

PlugSonic Sample (standalone version): http://plugsonic.pluggy.eu/sample

PlugSonic Soundscape Web (standalone version): http://plugsonic.pluggy.eu/soundscape

Repository https://github.com/lpicinali/PlugSonic-soundscape

PLUGGY social platform: https://pluggy.eu

Cite:

@article{comunita2021design,
  title={Design and Evaluation of a Web-and Mobile-Based Binaural Audio Platform for Cultural Heritage},
  author={Comunit{\`a}, Marco and Gerino, Andrea and Lim, Veranika and Picinali, Lorenzo},
  journal={Applied Sciences},
  volume={11},
  number={4},
  pages={1540},
  year={2021},
  publisher={Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute}
}