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    • Virtual Reality (VR) research
    • Human-computer interaction

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    • Virtual reality (VR) enables controlled auditory perception studies.
    • Visual information in VR influences auditory localization through multimodal integration.
    • Head-mounted displays (HMDs) can distort egocentric distance perception.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate how visual scenes in VR affect auditory distance perception.
    • To assess the influence of visual scene congruence and visibility on presence and realism.
    • To examine the impact of different VR visual environments on sound localization tasks.

    Main Methods:

    • Two experimental paradigms were used with participants localizing real sounds in VR.
    • Paradigm 1: Manipulated congruence between virtual room models and the physical environment.
    • Paradigm 2: Varied room visibility (audiovisual congruent vs. minimal spatial information) and localization task (virtual object placement, walking, verbal report).

    Main Results:

    • Audiovisual incongruence between virtual rooms and the physical space detrimentally affected auditory distance perception.
    • No main effect of room visibility was found, but an interaction with the localization task was observed.
    • Greater overestimation of auditory distance occurred with the virtual object placement task in the non-spatial scene.

    Conclusions:

    • The visual scene presented in VR significantly influences auditory perception, particularly distance localization.
    • Virtual acoustics research must consider the impact of visual scene characteristics in VR.
    • Task-dependent effects highlight the complex interplay between visual and auditory information processing in immersive environments.