All designs involving digital or acoustic (mechanical) product sound, Audio Soft- and Hardware, Musical Instruments, Functional Sound, Sonic User Interface, 3D-Sound, Auditory Display, Sonification, Augmented (Sound) Reality, Virtual (Sound) Reality.
Outstanding scientific work and developments. Studies should be substantially completed. Development should have reached prototype status with proof of concept.
Acoustic concepts and design for public spaces, e.g. exhibitions, museums, airports, train stations, hospitals, shopping malls etc.
Concepts and solutions to enhance health and well-being.
Sound design concepts for products, services, buildings and environments that contribute to inclusion and accessibility as well as to the enjoyment of life through aesthetic expression.
Intelligent and innovative concepts and solutions that make an important contribution to society and culture.
Projects for noise protection and the preservation of silence as well as intelligent and innovative application in products and services.
Marketing projects that integrate sound in an essential way. In contrast to audio branding, the sound does not have to serve brand-building purposes. The projects should demonstrate the advantage of an intelligent and innovative application of sound.
Audio branding cases that show a strategic branding approach and a clear audio branding methodology.
All elements and aspects of Game Audio like Sound Design, Music, Voice, UX/UI are considered.
Voice Cloning, Voice Control, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), Call Management, Text to Speech Systems (TTS), Speech Recognition etc.
Innovative services around sound and music.
Intelligent and innovative projects that contribute to the mission „Make the world sound better!“
Convincing sound and music business models by startups.