126899 20230830121840.0 doi 10.1007/s11042-019-7331-z sideral 111513 ART-2020-111513 eng Malpica, S. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-8016-7649 Crossmodal perception in virtual reality 2020 With the proliferation of low-cost, consumer level, head-mounted displays (HMDs) we are witnessing a reappearance of virtual reality. However, there are still important stumbling blocks that hinder the achievable visual quality of the results. Knowledge of human perception in virtual environments can help overcome these limitations. In this work, within the much-studied area of perception in virtual environments, we look into the less explored area of crossmodal perception, that is, the interaction of different senses when perceiving the environment. In particular, we look at the influence of sound on visual perception in a virtual reality scenario. First, we assert the existence of a crossmodal visuo-auditory effect in a VR scenario through two experiments, and find that, similar to what has been reported in conventional displays, our visual perception is affected by auditory stimuli in a VR setup. The crossmodal effect in VR is, however, lower than that present in a conventional display counterpart. Having asserted the effect, a third experiment looks at visuo-auditory crossmodality in the context of material appearance perception. We test different rendering qualities, together with the presence of sound, for a series of materials. The goal of the third experiment is twofold: testing whether known interactions in traditional displays hold in VR, and finding insights that can have practical applications in VR content generation (e.g., by reducing rendering costs). Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 2.757 2020 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS 81 / 161 = 0.503 2020 Q3 T2 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC 120 / 273 = 0.44 2020 Q2 T2 COMPUTER SCIENCE, THEORY & METHODS 29 / 110 = 0.264 2020 Q2 T1 COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 30 / 108 = 0.278 2020 Q2 T1 0.443 2020 Computer Networks and Communications 2020 Q1 Software 2020 Q1 Media Technology 2020 Q1 Hardware and Architecture 2020 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Serrano, A. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-7796-3177 Allue, M. González Bedia, M. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-8263-2444 Masia, B. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-0060-7278 5007 570 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Informát.Ingenie.Sistms. Área Lenguajes y Sistemas Inf. 79 (2020), 3311-3331 Multimed. Tools Appl. Multimedia Tools and Applications 1380-7501 1809664 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/126899/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 1342100 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/126899/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:126899 articulos driver 2023-08-30-09:56:15 ARTICLE