Me too.

Personally if all the HRTF databases contained all this individual data, i.e 
head width, height, ear distance from shoulders, and a picture of the pinnae. 
One could select the nearest to ones own, or have a system that throws up a few 
to chose. Listen for 24hours then done…

Steve




On 25 Jan 2016, at 13:15, Dave Malham <[email protected]> wrote:

> At this stage, one has to wonder just how much need there really is for
> matching HRTF's. I'm not so convinced these dys as I once was, at least if
> headtracking is properly implemented,  the few "fixed" parameters are
> matched (like inter-ear distances) and there are good visual cues as there
> are in modern VR systems.
> 
>    Dave
> 
> On 25 January 2016 at 12:58, Steven Boardman <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>> We can definitely re-learn/reprogram our perception of stimulus, as long
>> as there are other cues to back it up.
>> This has been proven via glasses that alter the orientation of the visual
>> field. After a while the brain adapts, and presents this as normal.
>> I think that once learn your brain can remember this too…
>> 
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptual_adaptation
>> 
>> Indeed I have found this to be the true of different HRTFs too, using my
>> visual panning cues to learn the HRTF.
>> This is even easier with head tracked VR video.
>> 
>> Steve
>> 
>> On 25 Jan 2016, at 12:40, Chris <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Maybe a silly question...
>>> 
>>> But how much work has been done on the self-consistency of HRTFs? I'm
>> aware that ear-wax, colds, which way round I sleep, etc can affect the
>> level and HF response of one ear to another. And clothing, haircuts etc
>> must significantly change the acoustic signal round our heads.
>>> 
>>> So are measured HRTFs consistent over time? Or do we re-calibrate
>> ourselves on a continuous basis?
>>> 
>>> If the latter is true, then I can see that a generic HRTF could work if
>> we were given some method (and time for) calibration.
>>> 
>>> Chris Woolf
>>> 
>>> On 25-Jan-16 11:45, Bo-Erik Sandholm wrote:
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