This is a great project - to address your last point, I dont think it would just be noise if the user habituated to it. Check out this project [0][1] that maps

This is a great project - to address your last point, I dont think it would just be noise if the user habituated to it. Check out this project [0][1] that maps audible data to vibrations and seems to have successfully re-mapped sense data taking advantage of the elasticity of the human brain. Another similar project lets people "see" with their tongues [2] I definitely think using binaural (3d) audio could give users a much more complete and useful idea of what they are seeing so I wish you luck. Great Idea. [0] http://www.ted.com/talks/david_eagleman_can_we_create_new_senses_for_humans http://www.ted.com/talks/david_eagleman_can_we_create_new_se... [1] http://www.eagleman.com/research/sensory-substitution http://www.eagleman.com/research/sensory-substitution [2] http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/device-lets-blind-see-with-tongues/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/device-lets-blind-...