Featured capability
Immersive Spatial Audio
A full-sphere third-order Ambisonics environment for surgical sonification, spatial auditory guidance, and realistic soundscape reproduction.
Explore the laboratoryInterdisciplinary research initiative
Synergia
Multisensory integration for high-stakes surgical environments
The Synergia project bridges artificial intelligence and human perception through intelligent multisensory interaction, integrating medical XR, sonification, spatial audio, and vibroacoustic technologies to enable more intuitive guidance in computer-assisted medicine.
The initiative
Project Vision
Synergia is an interdisciplinary research project examining how intelligent systems can communicate clinically relevant information through perceptually meaningful visual and auditory interaction. It connects expertise in computer-assisted medicine, artificial intelligence, sonification, spatial audio, human perception, and clinical research.
The project addresses the challenge of supporting clinicians without adding unnecessary visual demand or cognitive burden. Its distinctive approach links fundamental perception research with realistic experimental platforms and clinical validation, allowing multisensory guidance methods to be studied systematically across controlled and applied settings.
Core Research Areas
Multisensory Integration
How visual and auditory information is combined in demanding environments.
Surgical Sonification
Auditory representations of surgical and computational information.
Spatial Audio and Ambisonics
Immersive sound environments for controlled experiments and interaction studies.
AI and Computational Modeling
Context-aware analysis and modeling for computer-assisted interventions.
Human Perception and Clinical Interaction
Human-centred evaluation of feedback, workload, attention, and clinical use.
Latest from Synergia
Recent developments, events, demonstrations, and activities from the research programme.
Event
Synergia Project Kickoff Meeting
The project kickoff established a shared framework for Synergia’s interdisciplinary research programme.
Read more →Consortium
Synergia brings together technical, perceptual, and clinical expertise from the Technical University of Munich and TU Dresden.
Technical University of Munich
Lead institution
Technische Universität Dresden
University partner
Department of Ophthalmology
Clinical partner
