All items tagged with virtual reality (60)

3D Sound Labs Launches Spatial Audio SDK High-Order-Ambisonics Solution for Mobile 360° VR Player

October 28, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

3D Sound Labs Launches Spatial Audio SDK High-Order-Ambisonics Solution for Mobile 360° VR Player

3D/VR audio specialists, 3D Sound Labs, announced the availability of the latest version of its VR Audio Kit, an Ambisonics SDK optimized for 360° mobile players. This technology has been jointly presented in September at IBC 2016 in Amsterdam together with solution provider for content delivery Viaccess Orca. The demo of a 360° VR mobile video player with High-Order Ambisonics (HOA) audio, running on a smartphone, was playing a 4K 360° video along with a compressed 3rd order Ambisonics audio stream.

141st AES International Convention in Los Angeles is Largest Audio Industry Event of the Year

September 26, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

141st AES International Convention in Los Angeles is Largest Audio Industry Event of the Year

Its time to look at the complete schedule of sessions, events and tours available for the 141st Audio Engineering Society Convention in Los Angeles. The largest audio conference of the year is truly a challenge for any visitor. Plus, with this year’s new timetable and exhibits starting on day one of the convention, a perfect schedule is essential. Everything takes place Thursday, September 29 through Sunday, October 2, 2016 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Sennheiser and Neumann Put Focus on Recording Microphones and Immersive Audio at the 141st AES Convention

September 26, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Sennheiser and Neumann Put Focus on Recording Microphones and Immersive Audio at the 141st AES Convention

At the 141st AES Convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center from September 29th to October 1st, Sennheiser and Neumann will highlight a wide range of new and legacy microphones for various recording applications. Recently introduced models will include the Collectors Edition U 47 FET and versatile TLM 107 from Neumann, as well as the new MK4 digital and the upcoming AMBEO VR Mic from Sennheiser.

Sennheiser Introduces AMBEO VR Mic Compact Ambisonics Microphone

September 15, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Sennheiser Introduces AMBEO VR Mic Compact Ambisonics Microphone

High-quality 3D audio that eliminates the boundaries between playback and reality – this is the promise of the AMBEO VR MIC that was showcased by Sennheiser at IBC 2016. Up until now, VR productions had to record immersive audio with quite complicated microphone set-ups. The AMBEO VR Mic puts everything into a compact and easy-to-use handheld – making it an ideal tool for any professional VR and spatial audio production. The microphone will become commercially available in November 2016.

Google Discovers Ambisonics and Says it’s the Soundtrack of VR or Something

July 26, 2016 by Joao Martins

Google Discovers Ambisonics and Says it’s the Soundtrack of VR or Something

Google, the company that makes a business out of anything that’s Open Source, announced its new Omnitone project, a platform that they say “brings spatial audio to the web in order to provide more immersive VR experiences, using only the Web Audio API.” The platform uses all the known spatial audio, ambisonics and binaural techniques, including several existing open source efforts, now released on a set of integrated tools that enable exploring immersive audio or spatial audio directly on a web browser.

Waves Audio Launches Nx Head Tracker via Kickstarter Campaign

June 23, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Waves Audio Launches Nx Head Tracker via Kickstarter Campaign

Earlier in 2016, Waves Audio announced its Nx software technology that applies panoramic audio imaging to stereo headphones, opening the door to applications in virtual reality, augmented reality, 3D mixing and much more. Waves Nx lets users hear the same natural depth, natural reflections, and panoramic imaging heard from speakers in a physical room, but on headphones. Now Waves decided to launch a new Kickstarter campaign, allowing the audio community to get a stake in this innovative technology.

Fraunhofer Cingo Brings Surround Sound to Hulu’s Virtual Reality Experience

March 25, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Fraunhofer Cingo Brings Surround Sound to Hulu’s Virtual Reality Experience

Fraunhofer IIS and Hulu announced an agreement for the use of Fraunhofer Cingo immersive audio headphone rendering solution for virtual reality and mobile devices. Users of Hulu’s VR app will benefit from movies and TV shows streamed using the HE-AAC surround sound audio codec and rendered for headphones through Fraunhofer Cingo.

LG Introduces G5 Modular Smartphone with LG Hi-Fi Plus with B&O Play Audio Player

February 24, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

LG Introduces G5 Modular Smartphone with LG Hi-Fi Plus with B&O Play Audio Player

LG Electronics newest idea was revealed at the 2016 GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and signals an important trend on mobile devices. The LG G5 modular concept features Qualcomm’s aptX HD for wireless 24-bit sound over Bluetooth, and offers a high quality audio player, designed in cooperation with B&O Play, featuring an ESS Tech DAC and amplifier.

Sennheiser AMBEO 3D Audio Technology Showcased at CES 2016

January 13, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Sennheiser AMBEO 3D Audio Technology Showcased at CES 2016

Sennheiser's booth at CES 2016 attracted a continuous flow of visitors to its AMBEO 3D Audio Listening Experience. Inside, Sennheiser was showcasing the potential of 3D immersive audio technology, which the company intends to develop as a strategic focus, including a proprietary 9.1 upmix algorithm, a game audio rendering engine, a VR microphone and Venue Modeling software.

CES Announces Best of Innovation 2016 Awards Honorees

November 12, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

CES Announces Best of Innovation 2016 Awards Honorees

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA - former CEA) announced its Best of Innovation Awards Honorees for CES 2016. Among the winners in 27 product categories is Harman, with the JBL Reflect Aware in-ears, Klipsch with its Reference Premiere Dolby Atmos Speaker System, and Sengled Voice, the first integrated microphone and speaker LED bulb on the market.

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