There is a Virtual Reality Audio session at this years NAB in Vegas. DTS, Dolby and Q Department. No Ambisonics.
Big mistake in my opinion. http://nab16.mapyourshow.com/7_0/sessions/session-details.cfm?ScheduleID=702 On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 9:21 AM, Jörn Nettingsmeier < netti...@stackingdwarves.net> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > > following up on the recent thread about (the lack of) Ambisonics at > upcoming conventions, I'd like to inform you about this year's VDT > International Convention (aka the "Tonmeistertagung"), to take place in > Cologne, Germany, Nov. 17-20 2016: > > http://www.tonmeister.de/index.php?p=tonmeistertagung/2016 > > The program is not completely in English, but many of the cutting-edge > research papers are. > > I'm a little bit proud to say that through many years of continuous > grass-roots efforts, Ambisonics has finally made it onto the radar of the > European professional audio community, not the least since the VDT founded > and co-hosted the International Conferences on Spatial Audio, which have > worked little miracles in bringing the research community and the > professional audio market in touch. > Consequently, the last VDT convention in 2014 has featured an > Ambisonics-capable lecture hall for the first time (3h2v only, but it's a > start, and it was for more than 100 people), and we're looking for an > excuse to provide one again this year. > > So please save the date, and keep your workshop ideas and paper > presentations coming. It's still a while before the call for papers, but > I'd welcome some signs on- or off-list about the kind of interest we can > expect to kick some spherical harmonic butt, at a conference that has had a > strong reputation for 3D audio topics and drawn thousands of highly skilled > visitors, 180 exhibitors and more than 200 paper presentations in the past. > And the more interest we see, the more resources we can justify to put > into a nice Ambi rig. > > Disclaimer: I'm a member of VDT and work for them as technical director of > the conference. > > > Best, > > > Jörn > > > -- > Jörn Nettingsmeier > Lortzingstr. 11, 45128 Essen, Tel. +49 177 7937487 > > Meister für Veranstaltungstechnik (Bühne/Studio) > Tonmeister VDT > > http://stackingdwarves.net > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Bob -- Audio Rents, Inc. 4209 Vanowen Place Burbank, CA 91505 323-874-1000 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20160219/d08f74dd/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ 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.
