All items tagged with spatial audio (260)
Sony Announces Collaboration in Audio Augmented Reality with Niantic
February 16, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Sony Announces Collaboration in Audio Augmented Reality with Niantic

Sony has signed an agreement with Niantic, the gaming company that developed the massively popular online game Pokemon GO, creating a global phenomenon (and a business). The collaboration targets the Niantic's development of augmented reality (AR) mobile games expanded with AR for headphones, such as the just announced new Sony LinkBuds. For users to be able to add audio augmented reality, they need personal audio solutions that deliver spatial audio in sync with the game on-screen, while maintaining environment awareness for safety.
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Sound Particles Releases Space Controller OSC Hands-On Panning App
January 25, 2022 by Joao Martins

Sound Particles Releases Space Controller OSC Hands-On Panning App

Sound Particles, the innovative 3D audio production software company, released a new app based on its original Space Controller plugin introduced in 2021, now created specifically for direct control over OSC with Nuendo and SPAT Revolution. Space Controller OSC connects a mobile phone to Nuendo or SPAT Revolution and links the physical movements of the device to the software's panning tools by simply pointing the phone to where the user wants sounds to come from. No plugin required.
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WiSA Partners with Realtek to Develop and Launch a 5GHz Multichannel Immersive Audio Module
January 20, 2022 by Joao Martins

WiSA Partners with Realtek to Develop and Launch a 5GHz Multichannel Immersive Audio Module

WiSA, the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Summit Wireless Technologies, announced plans to integrate WiSA’s multichannel wireless audio capabilities - and its latest high-performance Spatial Audio Software - into Realtek’s 5GHz IoT chipsets. The partnership will culminate in a cost-effective module capable of delivering uncompressed, high-definition spatial audio streams for an unparalleled immersive audio experience.
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Dirac Introduces Upmixing Technology for Transforming Stereo Content Into Immersive, Multichannel Audio
January 5, 2022 by Joao Martins

Dirac Introduces Upmixing Technology for Transforming Stereo Content Into Immersive, Multichannel Audio

Dirac is attending CES 2022 with an ambitious next-stage expansion of its digital audio processing suite. The Swedish company introduced its latest content-based upmixing technology, as part of the Dirac Virtuo spatial audio solution for automotive applications. The new upmixing feature enables true, immersive, multichannel audio, generated from a real-time analysis of existing stereo content.
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audioXpress.com - The Most Popular Stories of 2021
December 28, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

audioXpress.com - The Most Popular Stories of 2021

We looked at the most-read articles of 2021 in audioXpress.com (including selected articles from Voice Coil magazine), and we created this Top 10 list of news stories and online articles. 2021 expanded slightly on the record-breaking year that was 2020 for audioXpress.com, in terms of number of visits and regular users of the website. Visitors from all over the world returned more often to read the more than 7,700 stories available. Which of the topics and stories published online in 2021 were the most popular? Here are the results!
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Cleer Audio Introduces Adaptive Active Noise-Cancelling Headphones With Immersive Sound Powered by Dirac
December 22, 2021 by Joao Martins

Cleer Audio Introduces Adaptive Active Noise-Cancelling Headphones With Immersive Sound Powered by Dirac

Cleer Audio announced the introduction of its Cleer Alpha Noise Cancelling Wireless Headphones, which is one of the brand's two products already confirmed as CES 2022 Innovation Awards honorees. Cleer's next generation wireless headphones offer Adaptive Active Noise Cancellation, paired with immersive theater-like sound reproduction, powered by Dirac Virtuo spatial audio technology.
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Cleer Audio Receives Two CES 2022 Innovation Awards for New Alpha ANC Wireless Headphones and Goal II Active True Wireless Earbuds
December 9, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Cleer Audio Receives Two CES 2022 Innovation Awards for New Alpha ANC Wireless Headphones and Goal II Active True Wireless Earbuds

Cleer Audio is an innovative manufacturer which always manages to surprises positively with well-designed, and innovative products. This year, Cleer returns to CES with two refined products, both CES 2022 Innovation Awards honorees: the Alpha, Intelligent Adaptive Active Noise Cancelling (A-ANC) Bluetooth Headphones, and the GOAL II, Active True Wireless Earbuds. Both models leverage the latest available technologies for personal audio.
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AES Audio Product Education Institute Explores Immersive Audio in Automotive Audio Design
November 26, 2021 by Audio Engineering_Society

AES Audio Product Education Institute Explores Immersive Audio in Automotive Audio Design

Wednesday, December 1 (12pm EST), the AES Audio Product Education Institute promotes a second online session to explore Immersive Audio in automotive audio. This time, experts from DSP Concepts and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS will discuss how immersive audio experiences are driving automotive audio speaker design, how existing formats are being used, and the challenges of tuning and distributing sound for the intended experience.
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CODA Audio Releases Space Hub Immersive Audio Processor
November 3, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

CODA Audio Releases Space Hub Immersive Audio Processor

German pro audio manufacturer CODA Audio is unveiling its own immersive audio processor, completing a system approach to the format in performance events. The Space Hub was designed for low latency processing of up to 128 objects x 128 output channels, using the 3D panning algorithms selectable per object within its Space software. The new solution, presented at the Tonmeistertagung 2021 conference in Dusseldorf, also explores the advantages of CODA's linear–phase loudspeaker designs.
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Dear Reality Releases Virtual Acoustics and Spatial Headphone Compensation Monitoring Plugin
November 2, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Dear Reality Releases Virtual Acoustics and Spatial Headphone Compensation Monitoring Plugin

Dear Reality, the spatial audio and VR/AR audio software company that was acquired by Sennheiser in 2019, released dearVR MIX, a monitoring plugin for headphone mixing, suited for all professional studio headphones. The solution features an exclusive Spatial Headphone Compensation feature, supporting the 44 most used professional studio headphones, and enabling reference listening in 3 virtual stereo mix rooms with 4 selectable loudspeaker positions and 6 additional, non-studio listening environments.
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