Immersive Spatial Audio from the IoT rethinks commodity smart speakers as a coordinated acoustic system, placing virtual sound throughout a room without specialized spatial-audio hardware.
Introduction: Spatial Sound for Everyday Smart Spaces
IoT hubs normally produce sound from a single physical location, limiting how smart-home, AR, and VR systems can communicate. This project explores how a room of existing speakers can instead produce an immersive spatial-audio experience.
System Architecture: Coordinated Distributed Playback
The system uses immersive tracking and time-domain dynamic crosstalk cancellation to coordinate multiple speakers. Precise timing and amplitude adjustments position virtual sources relative to the listener while adapting to the user and environment.
Impact: More Contextual Smart-Environment Interaction
Spatial audio can make notifications, guidance, and virtual objects feel tied to their intended place rather than to a single hub. The approach points toward lower-cost, lower-maintenance immersive audio built from the IoT devices already present in a space.