SoniXense / 01

Beyond

Empowering experiences through intelligent sonic innovation.

SoniXense transforms complex information into intuitive auditory experiences that extend human perception beyond visual-only interfaces.

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Perception gap / 02

Machines can perceive
and compute more than ever.

Humans still make the critical decisions.

The interface has to catch up.

SoniXense transforms machine intelligence into information humans can intuitively perceive.

Machine perception

More sensors. More computation. More information.
  1. Imaging
  2. Tracking
  3. Force
  4. Spatial
  5. Physiology
  6. AI inference
  7. Robotics
  8. Models

Human perception

  1. Limited attention
  2. Critical decisions
  3. Real-time action

The insight / 03

What if information didn't have to compete for your eyes?

Hear what matters.

SoniXense turns complex system information into meaningful auditory representations—an additional perceptual channel, rather than another screen.

The technology / 04

From complex data
to intuitive sonic perception.

SoniXense Intelligence becomes part of an intelligent system, shaping information around human perception, context, and action.

01

Monitor

Stay informed without watching.

Continuous information without continuous visual attention.

02

Guide

Know where to go.

Spatial and procedural information supporting orientation, navigation, and decision-making.

03

Interact

Understand what happens when you act.

Information about tissue, tools, physical behavior, and system interaction.

04

Supervise

Remain aware as systems act.

Awareness of AI, digital twins, robotics, automated agents, and increasingly autonomous systems.

What can SoniXense do inside an intelligent system?

Integration / 05

Built to integrate.

SoniXense augments existing intelligent systems rather than asking teams to replace them. We augment. We don't replace.

SensorsImagingTrackingAIDigital twinsRobotics
SoniXense
Existing interface+Auditory intelligence
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SDK

Auditory intelligence designed to integrate with existing navigation and tracking systems.

02

Case-specific solutions

Auditory interaction designed around individual clinical workflows and systems.

03

Future systems

Auditory support for increasingly intelligent, automated, and autonomous systems.

Application / 01

Surgery.

Our first frontier.

Modern surgery sees more than ever through imaging, navigation, robotics, and AI. Yet this information still competes for limited visual attention.

SoniXense creates an integrated auditory perceptual channel, designed around human multisensory perception and cognition, so critical information can complement—not compete with—the user's existing sensory workflow.

Experience preview / 07

Don't just see it.
Hear it.

Zoom into one concrete application: position, target, trajectory, and relationship. A later interactive experience will demonstrate how auditory navigation can communicate these dimensions.

Current positionTargetDistance / relationship

Auditory capabilities / 08

How auditory intelligence
manifests in interaction.

One perceptual system; distinct interaction scenarios across monitoring, navigation, physical behavior, and intelligent-system awareness.

01

Ambient

Hear what changes.

Continuous peripheral monitoring and awareness.

02

Guidance

Hear where to go.

Spatial orientation, navigation, target relationships, trajectory, and decision support.

03

Tissue interaction

Hear what you touch.

Tool–tissue interaction, deformation, hidden properties, physical behavior.

04

Awareness

Hear what the system knows.

AI, digital twins, robotic systems, automated agents, and human supervision.

Beyond surgery / 09

Surgery is our first frontier.
Perception is the bigger question.

Exploring / RoboticsExploring / XR + Spatial ComputingExploring / Human–AI InteractionExploring / Complex Intelligent Systems

We also apply this sonification expertise to immersive art and experience design. Explore ArtScience →

Origin / Company / 10

Research became technology.
Technology is becoming SoniXense.

SoniXense is a spin-off in formation emerging from the DFG-funded Synergia project and research at TUM's Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality (CAMP).

Explore the Synergia project ↗CAMP at TUM ↗
Research→Technology→Startup

Co-founders / 11

Where technology meets
medicine and music.

Founder-led and multidisciplinary: engineering, computation, medicine, perception, and artistic practice converge in one team.

CEO / Sonification and Machine Learning

Dr. Sasan Matinfar

SoniXense · TUM CAMP research origin

Biomedical engineer and sonic interaction researcher working at the intersection of medical imaging, medical XR, and sound.

PhD (summa cum laude), 3x Sonification Award winner, MICCAI Best Paper finalist

Expertise

  • Sonification
  • Machine learning
  • Medical XR
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CIO (Chief of Innovation) / ArtScientist

Navid Navab

Independent media artist and creative technologist

ArtScientist and composer with over a decade of interdisciplinary research and production experience.

Media artist and creative technologist — kinetic sculpture, sound art, and responsive installations exhibited internationally, 2008–2024

Expertise

  • Sound art
  • Responsive installations
  • Creative technology
External profile ↗

CTO / Biomechanical Modeling

Dr. Veronica Ruozzi

Senior Researcher, TUM CAMP

Biomedical engineer focused on biomechanical modeling and advanced medical XR applications.

Senior Researcher, TUM CAMP — extended reality and multisensory applications for computer-assisted procedures

Expertise

  • Biomechanical modeling
  • Extended reality
  • Computer-assisted procedures
External profile ↗

CSO / Scientific Advisory and Research Direction

Prof. Dr. Nassir Navab

TUM Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & AR

A pioneer in biomedical engineering, surgical data science, medical XR, and medical robotics.

70,000+ citations, TUM Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & AR, MICCAI board member

Expertise

  • Surgical data science
  • Medical XR
  • Medical robotics
External profile ↗

Scientific foundation / 12

Research built this.

The SoniXense vision is backed by years of research, international collaborations, patents, and awards.

01 / Patent portfolio

An expanding patent portfolio.

Intellectual property across auditory interaction technologies supports continuity from research into future products and integration pathways.

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02 / Selected publications

2025

Medical Image Analysis

Peer-reviewed work contributing to the scientific foundation of SoniXense.

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03 / Awards

3× Sonification Award winner.

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04 / Research ecosystem

Research origins

TUM · CAMP · Synergia

Funding

DFG

Scientific community / recognition

MICCAI
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Empowering experiences through intelligent sonic innovation.

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