You are right, the SOFA effort is important. Here I see that many more data sets are available now: http://www.sofaconventions.org/mediawiki/index.php/Files I suspect that there will be many different solutions based of the available sets.
I don't think there could be a "universal" or optimal HRTF data set, but I'm not a scientist, so maybe such a thing could exist. I don't know if the publicly available data sets are good enough, if much more measures are required, and if a simple matching method could help listeners to find the best. Or if HRTF synthesis (LocaPhoto) have a future. But I'm sure that we can use existing HRTFs and adapt the experience in creative ways, as with any other audio technology, because audio producers never waited for the ultimate technology to appear and be universally adopted. -- Marc Sun, 24 Jan 2016 22:38:41 +0000, Stefan Schreiber <st...@mail.telepac.pt> wrote : > Marc Lavallée wrote: > > >On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 21:00:37 +0000, > >Stefan Schreiber <st...@mail.telepac.pt> wrote : > > > > > > > >>Should we "normalize" anthropometric data or (measured) HRTF data > >>sets? > >> > >> > > > >That would discriminate potential users at the sides of the normal > >curve... > > > >There could be a way to find a "best match" from sets of measured > >heads, maybe using 3D scanning, or with simple measurements. For > >example, the spherical HRTF model have different diameters, which is > >a good start. > > > > > Yes, I wrote about this. > > Actually several times, and quite some time before "Oculus Audio". > > (s. http://www.vrvis.at/projects/locaphoto, an "older" but ongoing > project which I had mentioned.) > > But please, let's not mix up things again. > > The thread subject is clear enough! What happens if you can't > personalise HRTF data, which is (from any practical point of view) > still the standard case? > > (So, just some suggestion: Combine a "good universal HRTF data set" > with the possibility to load another < closely matched > or even < > personalised > HRTF set, maybe in the AES-69 format. If you provide > such a solution you will be future-proof. I hope this makes some > sense... ;-) ) > > Best, > > Stefan > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe > here, edit account or options, view archives and so on. _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
