Innovative Listening
What are the new ways of listening and sound interaction in the immersive, connected environments we live in today?
Sofilab explores this question through research and development in sound — creating projects that merge artistic sensibility with technical precision. Our work connects traditional forms of sonic expression with new methods of participation, perception, and intelligent sound generation.
Rooted in a deep understanding of the history and physics of music and sound, Sofilab develops tools and systems that make machines audibly understandable and experiences emotionally resonant.
We collaborate with exceptional artists, engineers, and designers — from both art and industry — to shape the sound and listening culture of the 21st century.
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Sound and Music
Experiences
Sofilab initiates projects and conducts research on digital music practice, media and sound art, games, and interactive sonic communication.
THE PLANETS: an inter-galactic soundwalk in 3D audio
Created by Sofilab, the app Planets lets you Experience the famous orchestral suite "The Planets" by Gustav Holst, played by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, as an interactive audio walk in a park near you. All you need is a smartphone and headphones.
Play an auditory treasure hunt that takes you from planet to planet via binaural 3D audio.
SMALL PLACES: Sound installation
Created by Sofilab, Small Places presents the entire music catalogue ever produced by ECM Records as a sound installation.
Listeners sit opposite of each other, only divided by thin gauze. Light changes illuminate alternately the listener on the one side, then on the other, each time transforming the listener into an actor and vice-versa: The listener becomes the art object in the gallery.
FLOW: Realtime 3D audio-visual installation
Conceived by Sofilab and created by digital artist Lars Ullrich, "Flow" lets the visitor experience the motion inside the music of ECM Records.
By creating an abstract landscape from the music, it allows the visitor to explore the music's fluid dynamics and let him be part of its organic behavior: The listener is drawn into the music.
INSIDE MPHIL: Listen inside the orchestra
Created by Sofilab, Inside MPhil is a sophisticated smartphone app which allows you walk inside the sound of the Munich Philharmonic orchestra.
Enabled by GPS and binaural sound processing you enter the orchestra acoustically and hear the instruments as if you were standing next to them, just as the musicians hear themselves and their colleagues.
ANON Escape the murder: Smartphone VR Game
With Audio by Sofilab, ANON: Escape the Murder is a first person adventure game series based on the world of ANON the film created by critically acclaimed and award winning director Andrew Niccol (known for Gattaca, In Time).
Sound design and Sound programming by Sofilab.
MAYA: Mixed-Reality-Techno-Opera
Produced by Sofilab, the opera staged the former heating plant Munich-Aubing as a historic site.
Through the AR-app on the own smartphone, the spectator betook himself in the perspective of a new civilization in the distant future, and looked back in amazement on the demise of our current civilization in the near future.
Industrial Sound Design
At Sofilab, we believe that sound is more than just a background element — it is a powerful tool for communication, enhancing user experience (UX) by creating meaningful and intuitive interactions between humans and machines. Our UX Sound Design service is dedicated to crafting sonic environments that convey information, personality, and emotional resonance without relying on speech. By focusing on the auditory dimension, we enable users to stay informed and engaged without needing to divert their attention from critical tasks.
Read more about our approach here.
Services
Alongside our own research and productions, we collaborate with partners from art, design, and industry to develop functional, interactive, and context-aware sound experiences.
Sonic Experience and Interface Design
Volumetric Audio Design for Immersive VR, AR, and XR
Interactive and Adaptive Music Creation
Audience Development and Music Mediation
Sofilab works at the crossroads of art, industry and technology.
Clients and Partners
At Sofilab, artists, technologists, and researchers collaborate with institutions and industry partners — often within co-funded research and innovation projects.
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Contact
Get in touch with Sofilab by using our contact page or send your email to info@sofilab.art.