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Welcome to SONICOM’s Bluesky 🦋
SONICOM is funded by the @ec.europa.eu Horizon2020 Programme and aims to revolutionise the way we interact socially within augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) environments and applications, from online meetings to VR gaming 🔊
SONICOM is funded by the @ec.europa.eu Horizon2020 Programme and aims to revolutionise the way we interact socially within augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) environments and applications, from online meetings to VR gaming 🔊
A few years ago, we had the pleasure of showcasing some of the remarkable women driving innovation within the SONICOM consortium 🔊
Today, we're excited to relaunch that series and introduce a new face on the team!
Meet Jessica Luo 👉 sonicom.eu/in-profile-j...
@sorbonne-universite.fr
Today, we're excited to relaunch that series and introduce a new face on the team!
Meet Jessica Luo 👉 sonicom.eu/in-profile-j...
@sorbonne-universite.fr
In profile: Meet Jessica Lou
Meet one of the fantastic women in the SONICOM consortium
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October 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
A few years ago, we had the pleasure of showcasing some of the remarkable women driving innovation within the SONICOM consortium 🔊
Today, we're excited to relaunch that series and introduce a new face on the team!
Meet Jessica Luo 👉 sonicom.eu/in-profile-j...
@sorbonne-universite.fr
Today, we're excited to relaunch that series and introduce a new face on the team!
Meet Jessica Luo 👉 sonicom.eu/in-profile-j...
@sorbonne-universite.fr
Curious about what’s going on in this clip?
SONICOM researcher Kathi Pollack breaks it down in her guest article, 'Decoding the Shape of Our Ears'
Read all about it now 👉 bit.ly/4fOxaOL
SONICOM researcher Kathi Pollack breaks it down in her guest article, 'Decoding the Shape of Our Ears'
Read all about it now 👉 bit.ly/4fOxaOL
August 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Curious about what’s going on in this clip?
SONICOM researcher Kathi Pollack breaks it down in her guest article, 'Decoding the Shape of Our Ears'
Read all about it now 👉 bit.ly/4fOxaOL
SONICOM researcher Kathi Pollack breaks it down in her guest article, 'Decoding the Shape of Our Ears'
Read all about it now 👉 bit.ly/4fOxaOL
SONICOM partners recently launched an interactive experience at the Great Exhibition Road Festival 🎪
Participants spent 10 minutes in the 'Immersive Sound Lab', with just one challenge: Can you trust your ears?
Read more 👉 bit.ly/4lQDc3G
Participants spent 10 minutes in the 'Immersive Sound Lab', with just one challenge: Can you trust your ears?
Read more 👉 bit.ly/4lQDc3G
Trust Your Ears? SONICOM’s Immersive Sound Lab puts visitors to the test at London Festival - Sonicom
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July 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
SONICOM partners recently launched an interactive experience at the Great Exhibition Road Festival 🎪
Participants spent 10 minutes in the 'Immersive Sound Lab', with just one challenge: Can you trust your ears?
Read more 👉 bit.ly/4lQDc3G
Participants spent 10 minutes in the 'Immersive Sound Lab', with just one challenge: Can you trust your ears?
Read more 👉 bit.ly/4lQDc3G
🚨 New SONICOM Publication Alert! 🚨
Our latest paper relates to the 1st Listener Acoustic Personalisation (LAP) Challenge and officially opens the LAP24 Special Topic in the IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing, dedicated to the 2024 LAP Challenge 🔊
📖 Read it here: 👉 bit.ly/4nIf4RU
Our latest paper relates to the 1st Listener Acoustic Personalisation (LAP) Challenge and officially opens the LAP24 Special Topic in the IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing, dedicated to the 2024 LAP Challenge 🔊
📖 Read it here: 👉 bit.ly/4nIf4RU
Listener Acoustic Personalisation Challenge - LAP24: Head-Related Transfer Function Upsampling
Head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) often play a crucial role in spatial hearing, immersive audio applications for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), and help in improving hearing as...
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July 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🚨 New SONICOM Publication Alert! 🚨
Our latest paper relates to the 1st Listener Acoustic Personalisation (LAP) Challenge and officially opens the LAP24 Special Topic in the IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing, dedicated to the 2024 LAP Challenge 🔊
📖 Read it here: 👉 bit.ly/4nIf4RU
Our latest paper relates to the 1st Listener Acoustic Personalisation (LAP) Challenge and officially opens the LAP24 Special Topic in the IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing, dedicated to the 2024 LAP Challenge 🔊
📖 Read it here: 👉 bit.ly/4nIf4RU
Last week, the University of Malaga team presented on the recently released v2.0 of the Binaural Rendering Toolbox (BRT) at Forum Acusticum Euronoise 2025!
Some of the team worked on a piece about the toolbox for the SONICOM website. Check it out 👉 bit.ly/45LzYsZ
Some of the team worked on a piece about the toolbox for the SONICOM website. Check it out 👉 bit.ly/45LzYsZ
July 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Last week, the University of Malaga team presented on the recently released v2.0 of the Binaural Rendering Toolbox (BRT) at Forum Acusticum Euronoise 2025!
Some of the team worked on a piece about the toolbox for the SONICOM website. Check it out 👉 bit.ly/45LzYsZ
Some of the team worked on a piece about the toolbox for the SONICOM website. Check it out 👉 bit.ly/45LzYsZ
Congratulations to Arcadio Reyes-Lecuona on presenting the first (of many) SONICOM presentations at Forum Acusticum 2025 🔊
Stay tuned!
Stay tuned!
June 25, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Congratulations to Arcadio Reyes-Lecuona on presenting the first (of many) SONICOM presentations at Forum Acusticum 2025 🔊
Stay tuned!
Stay tuned!
Happy International Women in Engineering Day!
We’re proud to spotlight some of the amazing women behind SONICOM today 🔊
Meet Prof Areti Andreopoulou, an Assistant Professor at the Music Technology Laboratory (LabMAT) at NKUA in Athens, Greece👉 bit.ly/4kXRWNy
We’re proud to spotlight some of the amazing women behind SONICOM today 🔊
Meet Prof Areti Andreopoulou, an Assistant Professor at the Music Technology Laboratory (LabMAT) at NKUA in Athens, Greece👉 bit.ly/4kXRWNy
June 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Happy International Women in Engineering Day!
We’re proud to spotlight some of the amazing women behind SONICOM today 🔊
Meet Prof Areti Andreopoulou, an Assistant Professor at the Music Technology Laboratory (LabMAT) at NKUA in Athens, Greece👉 bit.ly/4kXRWNy
We’re proud to spotlight some of the amazing women behind SONICOM today 🔊
Meet Prof Areti Andreopoulou, an Assistant Professor at the Music Technology Laboratory (LabMAT) at NKUA in Athens, Greece👉 bit.ly/4kXRWNy
The SONICOM consortium met in Milan, Italy for a jam-packed annual meeting 🔊
Things unofficially kicked off Tuesday evening with a relaxed aperitivo, the perfect warm-up for the following 2.5 days of sharing key updates from the past 12 months and mapping out plans for the final year of SONICOM!
Things unofficially kicked off Tuesday evening with a relaxed aperitivo, the perfect warm-up for the following 2.5 days of sharing key updates from the past 12 months and mapping out plans for the final year of SONICOM!
June 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The SONICOM consortium met in Milan, Italy for a jam-packed annual meeting 🔊
Things unofficially kicked off Tuesday evening with a relaxed aperitivo, the perfect warm-up for the following 2.5 days of sharing key updates from the past 12 months and mapping out plans for the final year of SONICOM!
Things unofficially kicked off Tuesday evening with a relaxed aperitivo, the perfect warm-up for the following 2.5 days of sharing key updates from the past 12 months and mapping out plans for the final year of SONICOM!
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Our postdoc Katarina Poole also presented her work on synthetic @sonicom.bsky.social HRTFs at ISH 2025!
June 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Our postdoc Katarina Poole also presented her work on synthetic @sonicom.bsky.social HRTFs at ISH 2025!
Congratulations to Dr. Kat Poole from the @axdimperial.bsky.social team at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social for presenting her research for SONICOM on synthetic HRTFs at the International Symposium on Hearing in Vienna!
Discover more about Kat’s work here 👉 bit.ly/43wp88K
Discover more about Kat’s work here 👉 bit.ly/43wp88K
June 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Kat Poole from the @axdimperial.bsky.social team at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social for presenting her research for SONICOM on synthetic HRTFs at the International Symposium on Hearing in Vienna!
Discover more about Kat’s work here 👉 bit.ly/43wp88K
Discover more about Kat’s work here 👉 bit.ly/43wp88K
Discover BeRTA - a highly configurable application that allows users to design a wide range of virtual sound scenarios, including immersive auditory scenes for experiments, virtual environments, or artistic projects.
Read more: www.sonicom.eu/enhancing-vi...
Read more: www.sonicom.eu/enhancing-vi...
Enhancing Virtual Reality with BeRTA: A Modular Spatial Audio Renderer - Sonicom
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June 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Discover BeRTA - a highly configurable application that allows users to design a wide range of virtual sound scenarios, including immersive auditory scenes for experiments, virtual environments, or artistic projects.
Read more: www.sonicom.eu/enhancing-vi...
Read more: www.sonicom.eu/enhancing-vi...
Imagine navigating through an unknown city without even glancing at a map...
@dreamwavesio.bsky.social, a SONICOM partner, is pioneering audio-based navigation that directs you through 3D AR sound cues
Learn more about their 3D audio navigation journey: sonicom.eu/dreamwaves-i...
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@dreamwavesio.bsky.social, a SONICOM partner, is pioneering audio-based navigation that directs you through 3D AR sound cues
Learn more about their 3D audio navigation journey: sonicom.eu/dreamwaves-i...
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Dreamwaves: intuitive navigation using your ears (and your phone) - Sonicom
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March 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Imagine navigating through an unknown city without even glancing at a map...
@dreamwavesio.bsky.social, a SONICOM partner, is pioneering audio-based navigation that directs you through 3D AR sound cues
Learn more about their 3D audio navigation journey: sonicom.eu/dreamwaves-i...
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@dreamwavesio.bsky.social, a SONICOM partner, is pioneering audio-based navigation that directs you through 3D AR sound cues
Learn more about their 3D audio navigation journey: sonicom.eu/dreamwaves-i...
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Spring is in the air, and it's making us reflect upon our research successes from the past year 💪
Our 2024 included publications advancing our understanding of spatial hearing mechanisms to new research tools.
Read more about our research progress: www.sonicom.eu/sonicoms-202...
Our 2024 included publications advancing our understanding of spatial hearing mechanisms to new research tools.
Read more about our research progress: www.sonicom.eu/sonicoms-202...
SONICOM's 2024 Research Successes - Sonicom
www.sonicom.eu
March 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Spring is in the air, and it's making us reflect upon our research successes from the past year 💪
Our 2024 included publications advancing our understanding of spatial hearing mechanisms to new research tools.
Read more about our research progress: www.sonicom.eu/sonicoms-202...
Our 2024 included publications advancing our understanding of spatial hearing mechanisms to new research tools.
Read more about our research progress: www.sonicom.eu/sonicoms-202...
Discover BezierPPM - a new parametric model of the human pinna created by SONICOM researchers at @isf-oeaw.bsky.social 👂
This model represents the biological structure of the human pinna and enables its parametric modelling in many degrees of freedom.
Learn more 👇
www.sonicom.eu/bezierppm-a-...
This model represents the biological structure of the human pinna and enables its parametric modelling in many degrees of freedom.
Learn more 👇
www.sonicom.eu/bezierppm-a-...
BezierPPM: a new parametric model of the human pinna - Sonicom
www.sonicom.eu
March 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Discover BezierPPM - a new parametric model of the human pinna created by SONICOM researchers at @isf-oeaw.bsky.social 👂
This model represents the biological structure of the human pinna and enables its parametric modelling in many degrees of freedom.
Learn more 👇
www.sonicom.eu/bezierppm-a-...
This model represents the biological structure of the human pinna and enables its parametric modelling in many degrees of freedom.
Learn more 👇
www.sonicom.eu/bezierppm-a-...
🔊 New SONICOM research
Discover FrAMBI, a new MATLAB/Octave framework for implementing and evaluating auditory models, ensuring consistency across studies.
Learn more: www.sonicom.eu/introducing-...
Discover FrAMBI, a new MATLAB/Octave framework for implementing and evaluating auditory models, ensuring consistency across studies.
Learn more: www.sonicom.eu/introducing-...
Introducing FrAMBI: A new framework for auditory modelling - Sonicom
Learn about FrAMBI, a MATLAB/Octave framework that applies Bayesian inference to model auditory perception and behaviour.
www.sonicom.eu
February 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🔊 New SONICOM research
Discover FrAMBI, a new MATLAB/Octave framework for implementing and evaluating auditory models, ensuring consistency across studies.
Learn more: www.sonicom.eu/introducing-...
Discover FrAMBI, a new MATLAB/Octave framework for implementing and evaluating auditory models, ensuring consistency across studies.
Learn more: www.sonicom.eu/introducing-...
🔊 New SONICOM research
This work surveys machine learning-based approaches for HRTF personalisation in the literature, organising them according to the processing steps involved in the machine learning workflow.
Read more on our website:
www.sonicom.eu/assessing-ma...
This work surveys machine learning-based approaches for HRTF personalisation in the literature, organising them according to the processing steps involved in the machine learning workflow.
Read more on our website:
www.sonicom.eu/assessing-ma...
Assessing machine learning techniques for HRTF individualisation - Sonicom
www.sonicom.eu
February 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🔊 New SONICOM research
This work surveys machine learning-based approaches for HRTF personalisation in the literature, organising them according to the processing steps involved in the machine learning workflow.
Read more on our website:
www.sonicom.eu/assessing-ma...
This work surveys machine learning-based approaches for HRTF personalisation in the literature, organising them according to the processing steps involved in the machine learning workflow.
Read more on our website:
www.sonicom.eu/assessing-ma...
SONICOM exhibited at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social Senses Lates a few weeks ago!
On the night visitors had the opportunity to listen to some audio demos, learn about the project and go on a tour of the Turret Lab 🔊
Read more 👉 bit.ly/3ZUNg2T
@axdimperial.bsky.social @imperialspark.bsky.social
On the night visitors had the opportunity to listen to some audio demos, learn about the project and go on a tour of the Turret Lab 🔊
Read more 👉 bit.ly/3ZUNg2T
@axdimperial.bsky.social @imperialspark.bsky.social
SONICOM at Imperial Lates: Senses - Sonicom
The SONICOM team exhibited at the Lates in what was the last engagement activity of 2024
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December 16, 2024 at 5:05 PM
SONICOM exhibited at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social Senses Lates a few weeks ago!
On the night visitors had the opportunity to listen to some audio demos, learn about the project and go on a tour of the Turret Lab 🔊
Read more 👉 bit.ly/3ZUNg2T
@axdimperial.bsky.social @imperialspark.bsky.social
On the night visitors had the opportunity to listen to some audio demos, learn about the project and go on a tour of the Turret Lab 🔊
Read more 👉 bit.ly/3ZUNg2T
@axdimperial.bsky.social @imperialspark.bsky.social
📢 New SONICOM toolbox
Introducing Spatial Audio Metrics (SAM) – an open-source software platform to compare and visualise Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) which helps enhance the listening experience 🔊
Learn more 👇 bit.ly/49s7zYL
Introducing Spatial Audio Metrics (SAM) – an open-source software platform to compare and visualise Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) which helps enhance the listening experience 🔊
Learn more 👇 bit.ly/49s7zYL
New SONICOM toolbox to analyse spatial audio - Sonicom
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December 10, 2024 at 10:33 AM
📢 New SONICOM toolbox
Introducing Spatial Audio Metrics (SAM) – an open-source software platform to compare and visualise Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) which helps enhance the listening experience 🔊
Learn more 👇 bit.ly/49s7zYL
Introducing Spatial Audio Metrics (SAM) – an open-source software platform to compare and visualise Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) which helps enhance the listening experience 🔊
Learn more 👇 bit.ly/49s7zYL
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Hello #BlueSky 🦋 world!
You can meet us in person at #ImperialLates: Senses tonight to explore the wonderful world of 3D audio. 🔊🎧
🗓️ 5 December, 6-9 pm
📍South Kensington
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
Register here: ow.ly/Sxvl50U9320
You can meet us in person at #ImperialLates: Senses tonight to explore the wonderful world of 3D audio. 🔊🎧
🗓️ 5 December, 6-9 pm
📍South Kensington
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
Register here: ow.ly/Sxvl50U9320
Imperial Lates: Senses
Join the Imperial Lates for a free evening of sensory stimulating activities to explore science.
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December 5, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Hello #BlueSky 🦋 world!
You can meet us in person at #ImperialLates: Senses tonight to explore the wonderful world of 3D audio. 🔊🎧
🗓️ 5 December, 6-9 pm
📍South Kensington
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
Register here: ow.ly/Sxvl50U9320
You can meet us in person at #ImperialLates: Senses tonight to explore the wonderful world of 3D audio. 🔊🎧
🗓️ 5 December, 6-9 pm
📍South Kensington
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
Register here: ow.ly/Sxvl50U9320
Come say hello to the SONICOM team at #ImperialLates: Senses 🔊
We’ll also be running tours of the Turret Lab so make sure you get your name on the list before we run out of space!
See you from 6pm at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
We’ll also be running tours of the Turret Lab so make sure you get your name on the list before we run out of space!
See you from 6pm at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Come say hello to the SONICOM team at #ImperialLates: Senses 🔊
We’ll also be running tours of the Turret Lab so make sure you get your name on the list before we run out of space!
See you from 6pm at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
We’ll also be running tours of the Turret Lab so make sure you get your name on the list before we run out of space!
See you from 6pm at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
Welcome to SONICOM’s Bluesky 🦋
SONICOM is funded by the @ec.europa.eu Horizon2020 Programme and aims to revolutionise the way we interact socially within augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) environments and applications, from online meetings to VR gaming 🔊
SONICOM is funded by the @ec.europa.eu Horizon2020 Programme and aims to revolutionise the way we interact socially within augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) environments and applications, from online meetings to VR gaming 🔊
December 4, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Welcome to SONICOM’s Bluesky 🦋
SONICOM is funded by the @ec.europa.eu Horizon2020 Programme and aims to revolutionise the way we interact socially within augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) environments and applications, from online meetings to VR gaming 🔊
SONICOM is funded by the @ec.europa.eu Horizon2020 Programme and aims to revolutionise the way we interact socially within augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) environments and applications, from online meetings to VR gaming 🔊