Now that's annoying - I'm actually in London the Tuesday before that AND
the Tuesday the week after, but not that Tuesday. Arghh.....
Dave
On 30 December 2014 at 23:08, John Leonard <j...@johnleonard.co.uk> wrote:
> This looks interesting:
>
> Upcoming Lectures
>
> London: Tuesday 13th January
>
> Perceptual Sound Field Reconstruction and Coherent Synthesis
>
> Zoran Cvetkovic, Professor of Signal Processing at King’s College London
>
> Imagine a group of fans cheering their team at the Olympics from a local
> pub, who want to feel transposed to the arena by experiencing a faithful
> and convincing auditory perspective of the scene they see on the screen.
> They hear the punch of the player kicking the ball and are immersed in the
> atmosphere as if they are watching from the sideline. Alternatively,
> imagine a small group of classical music aficionados following a broadcast
> from the Royal Opera at home, who want to have the experience of listening
> to it from best seats at the opera house. Imagine having finally a surround
> sound system with room simulators that actually sound like the spaces they
> are supposed to synthesise, or watching a 3D nature film in a home theatre
> where the sound closely follows the movements one sees on the screen.
> Imagine also a video game capable of providing a convincing dynamic
> auditory perspective that tracks a moving game player and responds to his
> actions, with virtual objects moving and acoustic environments changing.
> Finally, place all this in the context of visual technology that is moving
> firmly in the direction of ”3D” capture and rendering, where enhanced
> spatial accuracy and detail are key features. In this talk we will present
> a technology that enables all these spatial sound applications using
> low-count multichannel systems.
> This month's lecture is being held at King’s College London, Nash Lecture
> Theatre, K2.31, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS. 6:30pm for 7:00pm start.
>
> I'll be there if I can.
>
> John
>
>
>
> Please note new email address & direct line phone number
> email: j...@johnleonard.uk
> phone +44 (0)20 3286 5942
>
>
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The University of York
York YO10 5DD
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'Ambisonics - Component Imaging for Audio'
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