The benefits of spatial sound reproduction over mono reproduction are significant in a wide range of industrial and research or artistic and entertainment applications, including teleconferencing, simulation and virtual reality or telerobotics, professional audio and computer music, advanced machine interfaces for data representation or visually disabled users... Spatial audio can be useful whenever a listener is presented with multiple auditory streams, requires information about the positions of events outside of the field of vision, or would benefit from increased immersion in an environment.
Possible applications of spatial audio processing techniques include:
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