The point of that paper (as I read it, anyway) was not whether the
technologies may or may not be available in 2020, but that they would be
established and embedded such they they are almost routine, barely
noticeable. In the way, for example, that taking a picture using your
mobile phone is now routine. It just involves pressing a button. No
special (and possibly expensive and otherwise superfluous) kit needs to
be attached. You have a speaker which has an "intelligent" connection
to the amp or player, and they talk to each other. You unpack the
speakers, plug them in, and press a button. Maybe you won't even need to
do that much. And, it has to be ~standard~ so that any player can talk
with any speaker.
Richard Dobson
On 26/09/2013 12:50, Marc Lavallée wrote:
Why waiting until 2020? It should be possible with available
technologies. A Kinect camera (or two spaced cameras) could be used to
detect the positions of the speakers from the listener's point of view,
then the same Kinect could be placed in front of the listener to report
its listening position.
--
Marc
Richard Dobson <richarddob...@blueyonder.co.uk> a écrit :
There is still a little time - James Moorer wrote in his paper "Audio
in the New Millennium" (JAES 2000):
"In 2020 loudspeakers will know where they are".
...
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