The Sonification and Ambisonics Laboratory provides a full-sphere spatial audio environment for research on surgical sonification, immersive auditory scene rendering, and human perception. Its third-order Ambisonics system uses 16 independently driven loudspeakers arranged around a central listening area, enabling controlled reproduction of spatially complex sound fields.
The array is organized in three vertical layers around a fixed central listening position: four lower, eight middle, and four upper loudspeakers. All loudspeakers are oriented toward the central sweet spot, supporting seated or standing listeners at an approximate ear height of 1.1 metres.
The following acknowledgements recognize scientific and engineering contributions to the laboratory infrastructure without indicating formal project membership.
Scientific and Technical Contributor
Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures (CAMP)
Technical University of Munich
The development and implementation of the Sonification & Ambisonics Laboratory greatly benefited from the expertise, guidance, and support of Dr. Ulrich Eck during the conception and realization of the laboratory infrastructure.
Technical Contributor
We gratefully acknowledge Bardia Tamizkar for his invaluable engineering support in the design and construction of the Ambisonics loudspeaker cage, as well as his hands-on technical assistance during the implementation and assembly of the laboratory infrastructure. His expertise played an important role in realizing the physical Ambisonics laboratory.