Sonorama – Karlsruhe

At the exhibition from May 30, 2018 to August 5, 2018, PanoramaLabor

The goal of this work is to create a virtual 3-D interactive diorama that represents various soundscapes within the city of Karlsruhe. Around 80 sound scenes were recorded in the city on June 27 and July 4, 2017, and all of this audio data was tagged with the GPS coordinates of the locations where the sounds were recorded. Based on these GPS tags, all the recorded sounds are distributed on a virtual 3-D map, rendered with »OpenGL«, using the geographic data provided by the open source project »OpenStreetMap«. The light green spheres, displayed at the top of the 3-D map, represent the recorded sound. By tilting the controller, the participant can navigate to the position on the virtual 3-D map. The volume and the directivity of each sound vary according to the distance and the angle between sound spheres and the position of the participant in the virtual map.