Binaural audio is fundamental to delivering immersive spatial audio, however traditionally playback has been limited to headphones. A combination of cross-talk cancellation (CTC) technology and beamforming allows for binaural audio playback over loudspeaker arrays by focusing sound exactly at the listener’s ears. This enables binaural audio to be reproduced using just compact loudspeaker arrays in front of the listener.
The approach relies upon accurate knowledge of the listener’s instantaneous head position, thus combining a head-tracking system with position-adaptive loudspeaker beamforming. This workshop explores CTC-based spatial audio as a system: introducing the theory of CTC-based binaural audio reproduction, and the practicality of introducing head-tracking into such a system. The workshop will include a live-demonstration of head-tracked binaural audio delivery over loudspeakers using a soundbar.
I am a Research & Development Engineer at Audioscenic, where we are developing the next generation of 3D Audio Technology using binaural audio over loudspeakers.
Saturday May 30, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm CEST Aud 41Technical University of Denmark Asmussens Alle, Building 303A DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby Denmark
