Sonification of navigation search results

A system comprising:

• data processing hardware;
• and
• memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
• while a user is disposed within a cabin of a vehicle:
• obtaining a response to a query issued by the user, the response including a list of potential matches to the query, each potential match in the list of potential matches including respective embedded metadata;
• for each potential match in the list of potential matches:
• extracting the embedded metadata corresponding to the potential match;
• determining, based on the extracted embedded metadata, a spatially disposed location within a playback sound-field for the user to perceive as a sound-source of the potential match;
• and
• rendering output audio signals characterizing the potential match through a speaker array in the cabin to produce the playback sound-field, wherein the user perceives the potential match as emanating from the sound-source at the spatially disposed location within the playback sound-field.