Newauro Brings Smart Speakers Into the Immersive Audio Domain at CES 2024

In July 2022, the Saffelberg Investment group acquired all assets, teams and rights of AURO-3D and founded a new company, Newauro, with the intention to further support the growth of the format and technology suite across all markets. Based in Belgium like the original Auro Technologies company, Newauro announced that it's collaborating with Eastech to demonstrate its latest AURO-Scene virtual immersive audio technology at CES 2024.

Is it a Soundbar? Is it a Smart Speaker? Is it a TV Set-Top Box? Korean telecom operator SK Broadband has introduced its new AI Sound Max set-top box and TV sound speaker featuring three-dimensional audio perfectly tuned by Bang & Olufsen and implemented using the power of the Audio Weaver framework by DSP Concepts. The innovative AI Sound Max is a great example of an immersive home entertainment speaker design with sophisticated features built with Audio Weaver.

It’s not that we’re saving the best for last, but audioXpress December 2015 includes some great articles on all the most current and interesting topics for the audio industry. There’s Auro-3D, two great reviews of measurement solutions, and lots of great DIY projects. And for those designing new audio products, there’s even an introduction to Audio Network Development.