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AVAR 2022 AES International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality
August 15-17, 2022
VENUE:
Digipen Institute of Technology
9931 Willows Road NE
Redmond, WA, USA
Schedule
Monday, August 15, 2022
Plenary Session 1: Opening Remarks
Lawrence Schwedler
DigiPen Institute ofTechnology, Program Director
Rémi Audfray
Meta - Reality Labs, Engineering Manager - XR Audio
Keynote: From Hype to Hope: Navigating the Changing Landscape of Spatial Audio
Anastasia Devana
ARIA Research Pty. Ltd., Head of Audio Experience
Post-Keynote Panel: Procedural sound synthesis for AR/VR
Jean-Marc Jot
SonicCloud, Chief Scientific Officer
Stefania Serafin
Aalborg University Copenhagen, Full professor
Anastasia Devana
ARIA Research Pty. Ltd., Head of Audio Experience
Scott Selfon
Meta Reality Labs
Spatial Audio Rendering for 6-DoF Experiences
Jean-Marc Jot
SonicCloud, Chief Scientific Officer
Rémi Audfray
Meta - Reality Labs, Engineering Manager - XR Audio
Mark Hertensteiner
Magic Leap
Nikunj Raghuvanshi
Microsoft Research, Sr. Principal Researcher
Olivier Warusfel
IRCAM
Tomasz Zernicki
Zylia, CEO
Chunity! Interactive Audiovisual Programming with ChucK in Unity
Ge Wang
Stanford University, CCRMA, Associate Professor
XR-based HRTF Measurements
Tomasz Rudzki
AudioLab, University of York, PhD Student
Spatial Audio Compression with Adaptive Singular Value Decomposition Using Reconstructed Frames
Mahmoud Namazi
University of California, Santa Barbara
A Variational Y-Autoencoder for Disentangling Gesture and Material of Interaction Sounds
Simon Schwär
International Audio Laboratories Erlangen
A novel wave-based virtual acoustics and spatial audio framework
Finnur Pind
Treble Technologies
A survey of co-located multi-device audio experiences
David Geary
AudioLab, University of York
Binaural signal matching with an arbitrary array based on a sound field model
Shai Hermon
Ben Gurion University
Establishment and Implementation of Guidelines for Narrative Audio-based Room-scale Virtual Reality using Practice-based Methods
Constantin Popp
University of York, Research Associate
Functional Modelling of Scattering for Diffusive Geometries
Raimundo Gonzalez
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University
HoloBand: An Augmented Reality Experience to Train Music Perception for the Hard of Hearing
Stefania Serafin
Aalborg University Copenhagen, Full professor
Perceptual Differences for Modifications of the Elevation of Early Room Reflections
Leon Müller
Chalmers University of Technology, PhD Student, Applied Acoustics
Recording Music in the Metaverse: A case study of XR BBC Maida Vale Recording Studios
Patrick Cairns
Audiolab, University of York, PhD Student
Room Acoustic Characterization using First-Order Ambisonics
Thushara Abhayapala
The Australian National University
Using enhanced audio to create an accessible mobile augmented reality app for visually impaired users
Gavin Kearney
AudioLab, University of York
Using 3D Audio to Augment the Museum Experience
Kyla McMullen
University of Florida
Chenshen Lu
University of Florida
Armisha Roberts
University of Florida
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Plenary Session 2: Opening Remarks
Rémi Audfray
Meta - Reality Labs, Engineering Manager - XR Audio
Lawrence Schwedler
DigiPen Institute ofTechnology, Program Director
Keynote: XR from 9 to 5
Véronique Larcher
Sennheiser, Director of AMBEO Immersive Audio
Post-keynote panel: Immersion - Science and Application
Agnieszka Roginska
New York University, Professor
Brian Glasscock
Sennheiser
Patrick Flanagan
Logitech
Scott Selfon
Meta Reality Labs
Stefania Serafin
Aalborg University Copenhagen, Full professor
Bradley Ferringo
Magic Leap
Towards Blind Localization of Room Reflections with Arbitrary Microphone Arrays
Yogev Hadadi
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Evaluation of Non-Spherical Scattering Bodies for Ambisonic Microphone Arrays
Jens Ahrens
Chalmers University of Technology
Live Music Performance in VR Recording Studio
Gavin Kearney
AudioLab, University of York
Helena Daffern
AudioLab, University of York
Patrick Cairns
Audiolab, University of York, PhD Student
Anthony Hunt
AudioLab, University of York
Jacob Cooper
AudioLab, University of York, Student Technician
Compact statistical encoding of early reflections for auditory virtual reality
Nikunj Raghuvanshi
Microsoft Research, Sr. Principal Researcher
Personal Sound Zones for AR/VR Applications
Edgar Choueiri
Princeton University
Martin Bo Møller
Bang & Olufsen
Yue Qiao
Princeton University, PhD candidate
Perceptual Evaluation of Spatial Room Impulse Response Extrapolation by Direct and Residual Subspace Decomposition
Thomas Deppisch
Chalmers University of Technology, PhD Candidate
Towards Maximizing a Perceptual Sweet Spot in a Reverberating Room
Pedro Izquierdo
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Audio Superpowers: Designing Beyond Reality
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Plenary Session 3: Opening Remarks
Rémi Audfray
Meta - Reality Labs, Engineering Manager - XR Audio
Lawrence Schwedler
DigiPen Institute ofTechnology, Program Director
Post-Keynote Panel: Audio in our hybrid future
Sally Kellaway
Microsoft
Karlheinz Brandenburg
Bradenburg Labs
Paul Boustead
Dolby
Hong Sodoma
Microsoft
Pete Stirling
Meta - Reality Labs
Towards the Prediction of Perceived Room Acoustical Similarity
Hannes Helmholz
Chalmers University of Technology
Modelling the Perception of Early Reflections for Binaural Rendering
Annika Neidhardt
Technische Universität Ilmenau
Virtual and Augmented Reality in Audiology
Stefania Serafin
Aalborg University Copenhagen, Full professor
Lone Percy-Smith
Rigshospitalet
Ali Adjorlu
Aalborg University Copenhagen
Comparing Perception of Presence between Binaural and Stereo Reproduction
Tomas Oramus
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Challenges of Virtual Reality in Hearing Research
Laurent Simon
Sonova AG, Hearing performance engineer
Eleftheria Georganti
Sonova AG
Jens Cubick
WSAudiology/Widex A/S
Lorenzo Picinali
Imperial College London
Jesper Udesen
GN Audio
A Pilot Study on Tone-Dependent Directivity Patterns of Musical Instruments
Andrea Corcuera Marruffo
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna - Department of Music Acoustics, PhD Student