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The University of Southampton
Engineering

Applications with binaural audio Seminar

Time:
16:00
Date:
16 February 2016
Venue:
13/3017

For more information regarding this seminar, please email ISVR@Soton.ac.uk .

Event details

ISVR seminar

Abstract

The binaural technique allows to create 3-dimensional audio using a simple pair of headphones.

After a brief overview on binaural audio and on the most commonly known challenges with this technique (e.g. HRTF individualisation, binaural reverberation, simulation of distance, etc.), I will carry out an overview on a few research projects currently in progress in the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London.

3D Tune-In. Acoustic VR and video games for supporting the calibration and measuring the effectiveness of hearing aid devices.

HRTF selection/adaptation. A series of studies on HRTF selection and adaptation, trying to answering questions such as Can we adapt to a non-individualised HRTF? If so, how fast can we do it? Can gamification speed up this process?

Interactive applications for visually impaired and blind individuals. A series of projects centred around the development and evaluation of acoustic and multi-modal applications for supporting visually impaired and blind individuals (Audio Tactile Maps, ZebraX and Invisible Puzzle).

Speaker information

Lorenzo Picinali, Imperial College London. I am a Senior Lecturer in Audio Experience Design, and the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Dyson School of Design Engineering. In the past years I have worked in Italy (Università degli Studi di Milano), France (LIMSI-CNRS and IRCAM) and UK (De Montfort University) on projects related with 3D binaural sound rendering, interactive applications for the blind, audiology and audiometric techniques, hearing aids technology, audio and haptic interaction and, more in general, acoustical virtual and augmented reality. I am the scientific coordinator of the EU-H2020 3D Tune-In research project, which aims at using acoustic VR and video games for supporting the calibration and measuring the effectiveness of hearing aid devices.

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