SONICOM

SONICOM Project

CORDIS Reference	Start date	End date	Coordinator
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101017743	01/01/2021	30/06/2026	IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE / UK

Project description

Sound is an integral part of the human experience. As one of the most important ways of sensing and interacting with our environment, sound plays a major role in shaping how the world is perceived. In virtual or augmented reality (VR/AR), simulating spatially correct audio is of vital importance to delivering an immersive virtual experience. However, acoustic VR/AR presents many challenges. Using the power of artificial intelligence, the EU-funded SONICOM project aims to deliver the next milestone in immersive audio simulation. The goal is to design the next generation of 3D audio technologies, provide tailored audio solutions and significantly improve how we interact with the virtual world.

Project outputs

Technological assets

Title	Type of Asset	Link / DOI	Description
The SONICOM HRTF Dataset	Dataset	https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2022.0066	Dataset of Head-Related Transfer Functions for artificial intelligence-driven immersive audio.
PAN-AR	Dataset	https://doi.org/10.1145/3678299.3678332	A multimodal dataset featuring higher-order ambisonics room impulse responses and spherical pictures.
NumCalc	Open-Source Software	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enganabound.2024.01.008	An open-source Boundary Element Method (BEM) code for solving acoustic scattering problems.
Auditory modelling toolbox (AMT)	Software	https://ecosystem.sonicom.eu/tools/1	Toolbox to facilitate reproducible research in auditory modeling.
Frambi	Software Framework	https://doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0494	A flexible software framework tailored for auditory modeling based on Bayesian inference.