TY - JOUR KW - Web3D KW - X3D KW - 3D Technologies KW - Audio KW - API AU - Andreas Stamoulias AU - Eftychia Lakka AU - Athanasios Malamos AB - Spatial sound has a conceptual role in the Web3D environments, due to highly realism scenes that can provide. Lately the efforts are concentrated on the extension of the X3D/ X3DOM through spatial sound attributes. This paper presents a novel method for the introduction of spatial sound components in the X3DOM framework, based on X3D specification and Web Audio API. The proposed method incorporates the introduction of enhanced sound nodes for X3DOM which are derived by the implementation of the X3D standard components, enriched with accessional features of Web Audio API. Moreover, several examples-scenarios developed for the evaluation of our approach. The implemented examples established the achievability of new registered nodes in X3DOM, for spatial sound characteristics in Web3D virtual worlds. IS - Regular Issue M1 - 5 N2 - Spatial sound has a conceptual role in the Web3D environments, due to highly realism scenes that can provide. Lately the efforts are concentrated on the extension of the X3D/ X3DOM through spatial sound attributes. This paper presents a novel method for the introduction of spatial sound components in the X3DOM framework, based on X3D specification and Web Audio API. The proposed method incorporates the introduction of enhanced sound nodes for X3DOM which are derived by the implementation of the X3D standard components, enriched with accessional features of Web Audio API. Moreover, several examples-scenarios developed for the evaluation of our approach. The implemented examples established the achievability of new registered nodes in X3DOM, for spatial sound characteristics in Web3D virtual worlds. PY - 2015 SP - 36 EP - 46 T2 - International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence TI - “Wrapping” X3DOM around Web Audio API UR - http://www.ijimai.org/journal/sites/default/files/files/2015/11/ijimai20153_5_5_pdf_26535.pdf VL - 3 SN - 1989-1660 ER -