Comments on: Immersive Audio: Sound All Around You http://www.mgraves.org/voip/2009/09/immersive-audio-sound-all-around-you/ End User Perspective On IP Telephony In The Home Office Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:49:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mjgraves http://www.mgraves.org/voip/2009/09/immersive-audio-sound-all-around-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2499 mjgraves Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:31:18 +0000 http://www.mgraves.org/voip/?p=5640#comment-2499 Indeed, there are similarities. The recent IBC show in Amsterdam was highlighted by very real movement towards 3D-HDTV. As that business becomes mature there will be economies of scale that can be leveraged in the video conferencing arena. The big difference between 3D sound and vision is that there is a lot more prior art in the realm of dimensional audio. Whether the various failed quad formats from the 60s & 70s, or Ambisonics, which was the one truly sensible technological approach, dimensional audio can be implemented today. Further, given the current capabilities of software, CPUs and DSPs, it doesn't need to be costly. Indeed, there are similarities. The recent IBC show in Amsterdam was highlighted by very real movement towards 3D-HDTV. As that business becomes mature there will be economies of scale that can be leveraged in the video conferencing arena.

The big difference between 3D sound and vision is that there is a lot more prior art in the realm of dimensional audio. Whether the various failed quad formats from the 60s & 70s, or Ambisonics, which was the one truly sensible technological approach, dimensional audio can be implemented today. Further, given the current capabilities of software, CPUs and DSPs, it doesn’t need to be costly.

]]> By: Tsahi Levent-Levi http://www.mgraves.org/voip/2009/09/immersive-audio-sound-all-around-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2498 Tsahi Levent-Levi Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:10:11 +0000 http://www.mgraves.org/voip/?p=5640#comment-2498 Reminds me of 3D video conferencing - it's the next frontier in multimedia communications. Reminds me of 3D video conferencing – it’s the next frontier in multimedia communications.

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