This paper investigates the spatial audio recording capabilities of various commercially available 360-degree cameras (GoPro MAX, Insta360 X3, Garmin VIRB 360, and Ricoh Theta S). A dedicated ambisonics audio recorder (Zoom H3VR) was used for comparison. Six action sequences were performed around the recording setup, including impulsive and continuous vocal and non-vocal stimuli. The audio streams were extracted from the videos and compared using spectrograms and anglegrams. The anglegrams show adequate localization in ambisonic recordings from the GoPro MAX and Zoom H3VR. All cameras feature undocumented noise reduction and audio enhancement algorithms, use different types of audio compression, and have limited audio export options. This makes it challenging to use the spatial audio data reliably for research purposes.

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Comparing Spatial Audio Recordings from Commercially Available 360-degree Video Cameras

  • Maham Riaz,
  • Jinyue Guo,
  • Alexander Refsum Jensenius

摘要

This paper investigates the spatial audio recording capabilities of various commercially available 360-degree cameras (GoPro MAX, Insta360 X3, Garmin VIRB 360, and Ricoh Theta S). A dedicated ambisonics audio recorder (Zoom H3VR) was used for comparison. Six action sequences were performed around the recording setup, including impulsive and continuous vocal and non-vocal stimuli. The audio streams were extracted from the videos and compared using spectrograms and anglegrams. The anglegrams show adequate localization in ambisonic recordings from the GoPro MAX and Zoom H3VR. All cameras feature undocumented noise reduction and audio enhancement algorithms, use different types of audio compression, and have limited audio export options. This makes it challenging to use the spatial audio data reliably for research purposes.