Abstract: An IP based remote video conferencing system (100) comprises a near-end (200) having a first room (200a) and at least one microphone (210) configured to detect audio signals from at least one participant (201, 202) in the first room (200a) and to determine position information regarding the at least one first participant (201, 202), a far end (300) having a second room (300a) with at least one second participant (301) and at least one audio reproducer (330), wherein said at least one audio reproducer (330) receives and reproduces spatial audio signals based on the audio signals and the position information detected by the at least one microphone (210), and a video conferencing service (400) coupled to the near end (200) and the far end (300) configured to forward audio signals from the near end (200) to the far end (300).