Codemasters' new driving game DiRT, released for Sony PlayStation 3 this month, makes effective use of hybrid third-order Ambisonics via the console's eight-channel HDMI audio output, as explained in

After some considerable deliberation the panel of artists, composers, academics and industry partners who were asked to review and consider the recent round of applications for the Creative Call regretfully announce that none of the current applicants have been successful in moving forward to the commissioning and realisation stage.

Digital Music Research Network (DMRN) Summer Conference

In association with Sonic Art Meeting Group (SAMG)
7th – 8th July 2007

This is a useful website for looking at microphone specs of many make and models, if your not already aware of it. Free to register.

http://www.microphone-data.com/

I just came accross this interesting and informative demo, a good way to get quick but basic understanding of the principles behind WFS.

The 31st International Audio Engineering Society Conference - 
"New Directions in High Resolution Audio"

Guides to using Ambisonic with DAWs, special attention on Nuendo and Cubase.
Ambisonic VST and Audio Unit plug-ins for Mac OS X, PPC and Intel.

A new and interesting spatial audio system based on a combination of technologies has recently been announced by Günther Theile and colleagues at Hauptmikrofon.de. It gets round the limitations of crosstalk cancelled binaural presentation by making use of Wavefield Synthesis Techniques. Details at the link below.