• Develop strategy for individualized earphone-based sound, which includes adequate representation of the physical environment(the acoustics of the listener's ear and the room in the virtual world).
• Implement solution for personalized 3D audio(including scanning of ear for mesh and computation, if favorable) for the participating blind gamers.
• Transfer solution to gaming platform(Unity-based).
• Develop game desing utilizing the key affordances of both audio and haptics(based on inter-mediate results from the parallel Ph D project).
• Implement game in experimental version for testing in with the participating blind gamers.
• Evaluate results qualitatively and quantitatively with respect to authenticity, perceived immersion and flow.

• It is preferable if applicants are able to speak and understand Danish, as most users are recruited within a community and center of Danish vision-impaired people.
• Applicants must have training in signal processing and acoustics
• It is preferable if applicants have familiarity with VR technology platforms, or technology platforms with similar affordances(human-computer interaction through sound and haptics, and with dynamic monitoration of user movements and actions)
• Good written and spoken English language skills are mandatory for publication purposes.

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