Imagine a world where you move around in your own personal sound bubble. You listen to your favorite tunes, play loud computer games, watch a movie, or get navigation directions in your car — all without disturbing those around you. That is the possibility presented by sound beaming, a new futuristic audio technology from Noveto Systems. The listening sensation is straight out of a sci-fi movie. The 3D sound is so close it feels like it is inside your ears while also in front, above and behind them.
The technology uses a 3D sensing module and locates and tracks the ear position sending audio via ultrasonic waves to create sound pockets by the user’s ears. Sound can be heard in stereo or a spatial 3D mode that creates 360-degree sound around the listener. By changing a setting, the sound can follow a listener around when they move their head. It is also possible to move out of the beam’s path and hear nothing at all, which creates a surreal experience.
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