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Beyond the head-rotation study already catalogued (ips012), what do open-access sources report about head movement and head tracking for externalization and front-back confusion with generic or individual HRTFs, and what do they say about tracking latency?

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Catalogue ips012 already holds the head-rotation primary results (Brimijoin 2013; McAnally & Martin 2014) and the 22 to 33 ms update latency of that implementation. Added here: Hendrickx et al. 2017 (abstract only) report that head tracking with non-individualized HRTFs substantially improved externalization, especially for frontal and rear sources, and that it persisted after movement stopped; a 2020 review adds that self-initiated movement helps more than source movement and that benefit is larger for central sources; and Jenny & Reuter 2020 report self-reported front-back confusions of 27% with a generic HRTF versus 0% with the listener's own in head-tracked VR with free head movement. The sources read assert that latency matters but report no measured latency threshold. Curator qualifications: Adds Hendrickx 2017 (abstract only: head tracking with non-individual HRTFs improved externalization, esp. frontal) to catalogue ips012; ips012 primaries re-read by curator in UOD-CA-AM04-0003. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

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      "url": "https://www.ebi.ac.uk/europepmc/webservices/rest/PMC7488874/fullTextXML",
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      "url": "https://www.ebi.ac.uk/europepmc/webservices/rest/PMC9073123/fullTextXML",
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Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] Catalogue ips012 already holds the head-rotation primary results (Brimijoin 2013; McAnally & Martin 2014) and the 22 to 33 ms update latency of that implementation. Added here: Hendrickx et al. 2017 (abstract only) report that head tracking with non-individualized HRTFs substantially improved externalization, especially for frontal and rear sources, and that it persisted after movement stopped; a 2020 review adds that self-initiated movement helps more than source movement and that benefit is larger for central sources; and Jenny & Reuter 2020 report self-reported front-back confusions of 27% with a generic HRTF versus 0% with the listener's own in head-tracked VR with free head movement. The sources read assert that latency matters but report no measured latency threshold. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts source

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component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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