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Shazam Launches Augmented Reality Solution for Brands Worldwide
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Shazam Launches Augmented Reality Solution for Brands Worldwide

Shazam, one of the world’s most popular audio recognition apps, announced the launch of a massively scaled augmented reality (AR) platform for its brand partners, artists and hundreds of millions of global users, adding visual recognition to its popular music identification service. Beam Suntory, Inc., the world's third largest premium spirits company, has signed on as one of several launch partners.
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VB-Audio Expands VBAN Audio Streaming Capabilities with VBAN-Receptor
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VB-Audio Expands VBAN Audio Streaming Capabilities with VBAN-Receptor

VBAN streaming audio protocol is an Open Source project, developed by Vincent Burel, which allows streaming up to 8 channels (7.1) of PCM audio at up to 24-bit/96kHZ on any LAN or WLAN network, including wireless. VB-Audio already offers a family of software solutions with VBAN support and now announced availability of VBAN Receptor, a simple application to receive and listen to VBAN Audio Streams.
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Elliptic Labs Introduces Inner Peace Ultrasonic Presence Detection Technology
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Elliptic Labs Introduces Inner Peace Ultrasonic Presence Detection Technology

Elliptic Labs, a company specializing in ultrasound sensing, announced Inner Peace, a new technology that takes presence detection to new levels and is aimed at the fast-multiplying market for intelligent personal assistants and similar consumer/household devices. The new technology was demonstrated at the 2017 Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona, and is more reliable, and covers broader area than alternative approaches.
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AXPONA 2017 Returns To Chicago With Record Number of Exhibitors
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AXPONA 2017 Returns To Chicago With Record Number of Exhibitors

AXPONA (Audio Expo North America) returns to the Westin O’Hare in Rosemont, IL, April 21-23, 2017, offering music enthusiasts, three jam-packed days of incredible sounds, presentations, design, and the very latest products and technology in the audio industry. Now in its eighth year, AXPONA is the defining high-end consumer audio show in the United States, with more than 450 companies confirmed to attend.
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The World of Live Entertainment Returns to Prolight+Sound 2017 in Frankfurt
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The World of Live Entertainment Returns to Prolight+Sound 2017 in Frankfurt

Prolight+Sound Frankfurt returns this year with a reinforced proposition on the model adopted in the previous year, while introducing several key changes on the outdoor demonstrations and coordination with the concurrent Musikmesse 2017, now overlapping during the last three days. Prolight+Sound 2017 will introduce visitors to the Silent-Stage concept in Hall 4.1.
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AES Technical Committee Group Formed to Explore Audio for New Realities
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AES Technical Committee Group Formed to Explore Audio for New Realities

The Audio Engineering Society’s Technical Council (AESTC) has formed a new group to advance the science and application of Audio for New Realities. The group will serve the needs of the audio community working in Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality environments. “New realities” covers a whole gamut of application areas including film, games, music, communications, medicine, forensics, simulations, education and virtual tourism.
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Take the Pulse of Personal Audio at CanJam SoCal 2017
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Take the Pulse of Personal Audio at CanJam SoCal 2017

CanJam, the world’s premier headphone and personal audio expo is moving to the heart of Los Angeles, April 8-9! CanJam SoCal 2017 will be held at the fabulous JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE in Downtown Los Angeles. A unique event to experience the latest products from the industry’s leading brands, including a reinforced presence from many of the US and California-based companies, some planning interesting product introductions.
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Infineon and XMOS Cooperate on New Voice-Recognition Platform that Combines Radar with MEMS Microphones and Audio Processing
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Infineon and XMOS Cooperate on New Voice-Recognition Platform that Combines Radar with MEMS Microphones and Audio Processing

At Mobile World Congress 2017, Barcelona, Infineon Technologies and XMOS partner to deliver a new building block for voice recognition. It features a combination of Infineon’s BGT60TR24B 60GHz 2Tx/4Rx radar IC with accompanying antenna, 70dB SNR silicon microphone sensors, based on Infineon’s dual backplate MEMS technology, and an audio processor from XMOS. In combination, the solution provides far field voice capture by audio beamforming combined with radar target presence detection.
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Alcons Pro-Ribbon Immersive Experience at ISE 2017 Shows Full Potential of Immersive Audio Formats
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Alcons Pro-Ribbon Immersive Experience at ISE 2017 Shows Full Potential of Immersive Audio Formats

Alcons Audio was at the recent Integrated Systems Europe 2017 show with another impressive installation of its Pro-Ribbon Immersive Experience. With partners Astro Spatial Audio (ASA), Barco Residential, Trinnov, and DreamScreen, the best possible immersive audio experience was presented, for both Residential as well as Live Production applications. Visitors could experience Dolby Atmos, Auro-3D and DTS:X content, as well as ASA 3D material using that company’s SARA II Premium Rendering Engine.
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Control4 Acquires Residential and Home Theater Pioneer Triad Speakers
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Control4 Acquires Residential and Home Theater Pioneer Triad Speakers

Control4 Corporation announced the acquisition of Larry Pexton’s company, Triad Speakers, Inc., known for its advanced audio technology and customizable speaker-solutions. Direct competitors to Control4 have all recently introduced their own installation-oriented speaker lines. The acquisition of Triad is a strategic addition that immediately brings industry-leading acoustics expertise to Control4 and adds a full line of premium audio-speaker solutions to its product portfolio.
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