A framework is presented that employs the space-time coherence properties of acoustic wavefields to compute features corresponding to listener percepts in binaural localization. The model employs a short-time windowed cross-correlator to compute a sequence of interaural time differences (ITDs) from the binaurally-sampled acoustic wavefield. The centroid of the distribution of this sequence of measurements indicates the location of the virtual acoustic source and the width determines the perceived spatial extent of the source. The framework provides a quantitative method to objectively assess the performance of various free-space and headphone-based spatial audio rendering schemes and thus may serve as a useful tool for the analysis and design of spatial audio experiences in VR/AR and other spatial audio systems.
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