Owl Labs Expand AI-Driven Meetings Ecosystem with Owl Bar Front-of-Room Video Conferencing Solution

Owl Labs, the creators of the first AI-powered speakerphone and 360-degree video conferencing solution, announced the launch of the Owl Bar device, a front-of-room camera, microphone and speaker that pairs with the existing Meeting Owl device and Whiteboard Owl camera to make hybrid meetings even more immersive. Combined, these solutions create an effective multi-camera communications solution that enhances meetings.

Owl Labs was the first company to build AI-powered, 360-degree video conferencing solutions, which worked but initially struggled to do everything well. With the Meeting Owl Pro, the Boston-based company managed to improve the whole concept and the experience. Now, Owl Labs announced the launch of its Meeting Owl 3 camera device, new Expansion Mic, and enhanced Owl Intelligence System (OIS) software.

A year past since it introduced its second-generation Glass Sound Speaker, Sony Electronics announced the LSPX-S3, the third iteration of a wireless glass sound speaker that intends to create a warm and "deeply calming ambience" in any space. The more advanced LSPX-S3 adds an organic glass tweeter and candlelight mode. in a more affordable Bluetooth speaker with 360-degree sound, that supports also LDAC for high quality sound transmission and is charged via USB-C.

One of the most intriguing concepts in speaker design is the notion that people have to sit in a very limited sweet spot - a carefully triangulated arrangement of a center line between our ears and the point source in a pair of speakers. For many music and audio enthusiasts, there's no other way - and preferably in a carefully treated listening environment designed for musical enjoyment. But what the market once dubbed as "living room stereo" is something that the vast majority of people completely ignore. Why would you even have to sit still to listen to music?

During the 2019 AES Convention in New York, Zylia unveiled two major additions to its industry-leading 3D audio recording and production portfolio of solutions, designed around the Zylia ZM-1 spherical microphone array. The new Zylia ZR-1 portable recording device and 6DoF VR/AR Development Kit add greater flexibility to 360-degree and 3rd order Ambisonics recording applications, responding directly to market demand, particularly field applications.