Harnessing Audio in Auto Control: The Challenge of Sonifying Virtual Objects for Gesture Control of Cars

This article presents a gesture sonification system for blind interface manipulation based on interaction with a virtual object (VO). Commands are given through gestures, and sounds carry the feedback on how the VO was affected. The sound feedback allows the user to manipulate the interface without vision. Here, we chose to focus on a swipe gesture. In the first part of the article, we study different curves that relate the VO parameters to sound parameters to create the most natural association between the two.