All items tagged with head-tracking (26)

Open Ears and the Bose Ultra Open Earbuds in Review

March 21, 2024 by Joao Martins

Open Ears and the Bose Ultra Open Earbuds in Review

I tested the Bose Ultra Open Earbuds and I'm Keeping Them. They sound great and allow listening at safe levels while being aware of what other people say. These make a great case for Open Ears and that's the topic of this article where I have inserted my review of the Bose Ultra Open Earbuds and I provide examples of how the industry has been exploring alternative designs that avoid in-ear occlusion, from loose-fit earbud shapes to the recent air conduction craze.

Dear Reality Releases dearVR PRO 2 Spatializer Plugin

January 22, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Dear Reality Releases dearVR PRO 2 Spatializer Plugin

Dear Reality has launched dearVR PRO 2, the successor of its dearVR PRO spatializer software. The upgrade adds a stereo input including stereo width control to the plugin, and gives users access to new immersive Pro Tools formats (9.0.4, 9.1.4 and 9.0.6). dearVR PRO 2 also features new high-pass and low-pass filters for early reflections and late reverb, designed to bring true-to-life sound to any production. In addition, the new Mk II software supports third-party OSC head trackers.

Fraunhofer Cingo and upHear Now Integrated with Tymphany's Peerless Flow DSP

December 15, 2023 by Joao Martins

Fraunhofer Cingo and upHear Now Integrated with Tymphany's Peerless Flow DSP

The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS), headquartered in Erlangen, Germany, and Tymphany have partnered to provide state-of-the-art spatial audio solutions to audio manufacturers. The two companies have worked together to integrate Fraunhofer's audio processing suites and audio technologies into Flow DSP, Tymphany's own DSP platform and design framework which allows creating immersive audio features in new audio products.

HEAD acoustics Introduces Silent Motorized Rotation of Artificial Heads

December 14, 2023 by Joao Martins

HEAD acoustics Introduces Silent Motorized Rotation of Artificial Heads

HEAD acoustics created the first virtually silent platform for the natural rotation of artificial heads, enabling all types of measurements under natural behavior conditions, critical for many applications including systems with head-tracking. move°S is an optional, software-controlled upgrade for all HEAD measurement systems HMS II.x and Head Shoulder Units (HSU) III from the 2021 generation onwards.

Cinematic Experiences Through Headphones Inside the Car Using Cingo Technology from Fraunhofer IIS

November 9, 2023 by Joao Martins

Cinematic Experiences Through Headphones Inside the Car Using Cingo Technology from Fraunhofer IIS

Cinema inside the car? The new BMW 7 Series can be ordered with the BMW Theatre Screen option, featuring Fraunhofer's Cingo technology for realistic headphone playback, turning the car into a personal rolling cinema. The enveloping sound is delivered by the car's integrated surround sound system. If the passengers use headphones, the innovative Fraunhofer Cingo technology ensures uncompromisingly perfect sound for the BMW Rear Seat Entertainment Experience.

Audiomovers Releases Binaural Renderer Plugin for Apple Music

October 5, 2023 by Joao Martins

Audiomovers Releases Binaural Renderer Plugin for Apple Music

Responding to the specific demands of mixing and mastering engineers working with immersive audio and specifically producing Dolby Atmos tracks for Apple Music, British company Audiomovers now announced a new Binaural Renderer plugin. The software solution is supposedly able to translate how immersive audio sessions will sound on headphones, streaming from Apple Music, while still working in any DAW.

Headphone Immersive Audio, Head Tracking, and Virtual Speakers

July 13, 2023 by Jan Didden

Headphone Immersive Audio, Head Tracking, and Virtual Speakers

What happens when you add Head-Tracking, Head Related Transfer Functions (HRTF), Room Impulse Responses (RIR), and Binaural Room Impulse Responses (BRIR)? Sharing his experience at the AES Europe 2023 Convention, held at Aalto University, Espoo, Helsinki, Finland (May 13 – 15), Jan Didden writes about listening to speakers on headphones and how good this is getting. How convincing is it? Very.

Unity Demonstrates Wi-Fi Wireless, Lossless Headphones at Munich High End 2023

May 11, 2023 by Joao Martins

Unity Demonstrates Wi-Fi Wireless, Lossless Headphones at Munich High End 2023

The world’s first wireless lossless headphones, Unity will be available to try out at Munich’s High End show. The Swiss-brand will offer demos of the headphones in Halle 3 booth M12/N05 from May 18 to 21, at the MOC in Munich. Unity first launched in April during the 2023 NAMM show, offering convention-goers a chance to hear the difference of Wi-Fi quality audio lossless streaming. While the headphones are also geared toward audio professionals, they are also for those willing to invest to never be restricted by Bluetooth. The Unity headphones are available now in Anthracite Gray for $2,199.00 USD.

TDK Redefines True Wireless Stereo Applications with VibeSense360 Solution Suite

May 4, 2023 by Joao Martins

TDK Redefines True Wireless Stereo Applications with VibeSense360 Solution Suite

TDK Corporation announced the availability of its InvenSense VibeSense360 TWS solution suite, previewed at CES 2023. VibeSense360 is a comprehensive portfolio of TDK hardware and software solutions designed to help solve some of the most complicated problems OEMs face when designing true wireless stereo (TWS) products with state-of-the-art features. On the hardware VibeSense360 includes the TWS-M601 6-axis IMU, and the TWS-M602 device, combining IMU, accelerometer and machine learning on-chip.

Voyage Audio Spatial Mic Converter Plugin Updated To Include Audio Unit Compatibility

March 3, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Voyage Audio Spatial Mic Converter Plugin Updated To Include Audio Unit Compatibility

Voyage Audio, the creators of the Spatial Mic Dante and USB ambisonic microphones, have updated the Spatial Mic Converter Plugin v1.6.5 – a software update that includes Audio Unit (AU) compatibility with macOS software. This makes it easy to leverage the spatial audio capabilities of DAWs like Logic Pro. The San Diego-based company is now shipping both microphones already with the new plugin.

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