DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMULATION BASED EXPERIENCE SYSTEM FOR TSUNAMI USING SONIFICATION TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

 This paper presents a simulation based experience system for tsunami considering the auditory information based on the VR technology in order to improve the reality. The tsunami sound level is evaluated by the geometric acoustic theory in order to realize the real time computing. The stereoscopic sound field is created in VR space by the method of ambisonics. The present system is shown to be a useful tool to investigate the disaster prevention and mitigation for tsunami waves.