Material-Controlled Room Impulse Response Generation via Disentangled Spatial and Material Cues

A new arXiv preprint (2604.21119) introduces a method for generating Room Impulse Responses (RIRs) that explicitly separates spatial and material influences. The approach uses two modules: a spatial module capturing room geometry and a material module modeling surface properties. This disentanglement enables independent control over acoustics, improving realism for VR, robotics, architecture, and audio engineering. The work addresses limitations of existing methods that entangle these factors, reducing user control and realism.