Gaudio Lab is an audio technology start-up founded in 2015, after the company's spatial audio technology for headphones was adopted as the binaural renderer for the ISO/IEC MPEG-H Audio standard in 2014. Ever since its establishment, the company has developed technologies and audio optimization solutions which deliver superior audio experiences for any content distribution platform. Its technologies are available for headphones and true wireless earbuds, smartphones, OTT content services, VR/AR, live production and more. The company is backed by top global strategic investors as Softbank Ventures, Samsung Venture Investment and Naver.
Gaudio's has proven the innovativeness of its cutting-edge Loudness Management LM1 technology technology, which has been officially recognized by the ANSI/CTA-2075.1 standard. LM1 provides optimal sound levels tailored to an individual's playback environment and device regardless of the types of streaming media services and platforms the individual listens to. By properly setting the media volume coming from various streaming platforms so that it can fit into the users' environment, the technology can prevent suddenly unexpected volume increases and ineffective dynamic variations. By using metadata, the LM1 technology can also prevent potential risks of damage in original content and distortion of sound quality.
The Gaudio Spatial Audio (GSA) is an embedded audio software running on Bluetooth earbuds providing lifelike immersion with head-tracked spatial audio playback. The spatial renderer software allows manufacturers of true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds and other in-ear and over-ear headphones to implement their own high-quality spatial audio functionalities without the need for host device support, such as from smartphones.
According to the company, GSA technology can be integrated into wireless earbuds with the lowest motion-to-sound latency in the industry. Another key benefit of GSA is its high quality spatial audio processing, without compromising on latency even on lightweight TWS processors. Spatial audio processing typically demands significant computing power which can only be delivered from the smartphone side. This leads to a separate and additional need to resolve motion-to-sound latency, the delay between the physical movement of a user’s head (wearing the audio device) and the relative updated soundscape reaching the user’s ears with correct imaging. Gaudio’s spatial audio technology and optimizations for embedded systems solves that problem. The built-in sensor fusion technology enables a more precise and natural rendering of spatial audio aligned with head-tracking. The fusion engine is compatible with data from any 6-axis or 9-axis IMUs in the market today and smoothly translates to GSA.
"We are proud that our audio technology is proved to be the world's best once again on the global stage," says Henney Oh, CEO of Gaudio Lab. "We will not settle for the present and will try our best to innovate technology and provide more users with seamless and comfortable listening experiences."
Gaudio Lab's solutions, including the two awarded at the CES Innovation Awards will be exhibited in an integrated Korean Pavilion at the Eureka Park (Venetian Convention Center) during CES 2023.
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