A spatial compression technique for head-related transfer function interpolation and complexity estimation

Sayedali Shekarchi1, Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard1, John Hallam2

  • 1Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.

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