arXiv:2601.21264cs.HCcs.SD2026-01

短时空间音频可快速引导注意力,轻量校准能提升效果。

Evaluating Spatialized Auditory Cues for Rapid Attention Capture in XR

  • 用半密集方向的宽带声音测试用户快速判断声源方向的能力。
  • 短暂听觉提示即可传递粗略方向信息,校准后准确率显著提升。
  • 适合高时效性XR场景,建议与视觉线索结合使用。

在时间紧迫的扩展现实(XR)场景中,用户需在执行主任务时迅速转向危险、警报或指令,空间音频可在不占用视觉资源的情况下提供即时方向提示。然而,此类场景仅允许短暂的听觉暴露,要求用户快速理解声音方向而无需持续聆听或依赖头部动作修正。本文报告了一项控制性探索研究,考察了在XR中快速空间音频定位的表现。通过使用基于头相关传输函数(HRTF)渲染的宽带声源,从听众周围半密集方向呈现声音,量化了用户仅凭短暂听觉便能推断粗略方向的准确性。进一步研究了短期视听反馈训练作为轻量级校准机制的效果。结果表明,简短的空间音频提示可传递粗略方向信息,且即使短暂校准也能改善用户对声学信号的感知。尽管这些发现凸显了空间音频在快速注意力引导中的潜力,但也显示仅靠听觉可能不足以支持复杂或高风险任务;空间音频最有效的方式是与其他感官模态或视觉提示结合,而不依赖头部驱动修正。本研究为可穿戴XR(如VR头显和AR智能眼镜)中第一阶段注意力引导通道提供了初步探索,并给出了刺激选择与校准的设计启示。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

In time-critical eXtended reality (XR) scenarios where users must rapidly reorient their attention to hazards, alerts, or instructions while engaged in a primary task, spatial audio can provide an immediate directional cue without occupying visual bandwidth. However, such scenarios can afford only a brief auditory exposure, requiring users to interpret sound direction quickly and without extended listening or head-driven refinement. This paper reports a controlled exploratory study of rapid spatial-audio localization in XR. Using HRTF-rendered broadband stimuli presented from a semi-dense set of directions around the listener, we quantify how accurately users can infer coarse direction from brief audio alone. We further examine the effects of short-term visuo-auditory feedback training as a lightweight calibration mechanism. Our findings show that brief spatial cues can convey coarse directional information, and that even short calibration can improve users' perception of aural signals. While these results highlight the potential of spatial audio for rapid attention guidance, they also show that auditory cues alone may not provide sufficient precision for complex or high-stakes tasks, and that spatial audio may be most effective when complemented by other sensory modalities or visual cues, without relying on head-driven refinement. We leverage this study on spatial audio as a preliminary investigation into a first-stage attention-guidance channel for wearable XR (e.g., VR head-mounted displays and AR smart glasses), and provide design insights on stimulus selection and calibration for time-critical use.

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