News

3D scanning my head to further virtual reality research

15.03.2022

SONICOM's new Science Communication Officer, Harry Jenkins, recounts his experience having his head 3D scanned as part of the project.

Ethics and artificial intelligence

13.12.2021

SONICOM researchers dive-in to understand more about the values and safety of using AI in the project.

Free binaural tools not just for the binaural researcher, for everyone

25.11.2021

SONICOM'S coordinator Dr Lorenzo Picinali (Imperial College London) in collaboration with the University of Malaga have developed a set of binaural software tools. The fruit of their labour was the 3D Tune-In Toolkit, and they have made it freely available for all non-programmer binaural enthusiasts

A special session at I3DA conference 2021

07.10.2021

We’ve launched a newsletter!

07.09.2021

Welcome to the first issue of the SONICOM newsletter, a biannual bulletin that will share updates from our project over the next 5 years.

SONICOM officially kicks off with the inaugural annual meeting

22.07.2021

With representatives from all partners present, the meeting provided a fruitful basis for discussions on delivering the project’s pioneering objectives over the next 5-years.

A new immersive audio technology for virtual and augmented reality

11.02.2021

The immersive audio technology is developed by SONICOM, a new EIC Pathfinder project, which will revolutionize the way we interact socially within AR/VR environments and applications.

Personalised immersive audio could help virtual socialising feel more real

04.02.2021

Imperial College London researchers have won a €5.7million EU Horizon 2020 grant to develop AI-informed immersive audio techniques.