Maybe I am just turning into a grumpy old man, but any company that claims "We do the maths so you can focus on being awesome”
deserves an arched eyebrow, Spock-style Jon On 28/06/2015 17:04, "Sursound on behalf of Anthony Mattana" <sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu on behalf of anth...@hookeaudio.com> wrote: >Hey Stefan, > >Below is a list of just a few of the companies claiming capable of >transforming binaural recordings into head tracking audio for VR applications: > >-Two Big Ears (https://twobigears.com/ <https://twobigears.com/>) >-AstoundSound (http://www.astoundholdings.com/ ><http://www.astoundholdings.com/>) >-Draper Labs (http://www.draper.com/ <http://www.draper.com/>) >-BacchSP (http://www.princeton.edu/3D3A/PureStereo/Pure_Stereose4.html ><http://www.princeton.edu/3D3A/PureStereo/Pure_Stereose4.html>) >-Sonic VR (http://www.sonicvr.com/ <http://www.sonicvr.com/>) > >VR is growing incredibly fast and companies are popping up daily! Most of them >software, which is not entirely great news for hardware guys like us. They >believe they can take the mono audio captured from your iPhone mic and make it >head tracking capable! I honestly don;t believe it. But there’s a lot of code >out there…. >> On Jun 28, 2015, at 12:00 PM, sursound-requ...@music.vt.edu wrote: >> >> Send Sursound mailing list submissions to >> sursound@music.vt.edu >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> sursound-requ...@music.vt.edu >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> sursound-ow...@music.vt.edu >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Sursound digest..." >> >> >> You are receiving the digest so when replying, please remember to edit your >> Subject line to that of the original message you are replying to, so it is >> more specific than "Re: Contents of Sirsound-list digest >> " the subject should match the post you are replying to. >> >> Also, please EDIT the quoted post so that it is not the entire digest, but >> just the post you are replying to - this will keep the archive useful and >> not polluted with extraneous posts. >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Hooke: First Bluetooth Binaural Microphone (Stefan Schreiber) >> 2. Re: Hooke: First Bluetooth Binaural Microphone (Stefan Schreiber) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 01:28:44 +0100 >> From: Stefan Schreiber <st...@mail.telepac.pt> >> To: Surround Sound discussion group <sursound@music.vt.edu> >> Subject: Re: [Sursound] Hooke: First Bluetooth Binaural Microphone >> Message-ID: <558f3fbc.9070...@mail.telepac.pt> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed >> >> len moskowitz wrote: >> >>> Anthony Mattana <anth...@hookeaudio.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I apologize if this is not the way to post, but I'm looking for >>>> feedback on a product I've recently invented HOOKE (www.hookeaudio.com ) >>> >>> >>> >>> I like your idea of adding bluetooth to the mix. >>> >>> >>> Long ago, in the late-60's or early 70's, when cassette Walkmen were >>> king, (Aiwa offered a low-cost combined stereo headphone/near-ear >>> binaural microphone set. ) >> >> >> Wrong historical timing! >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkman >> >>> The original Walkman was marketed in 1979 as the Walkman in Japan and, >>> from 1980, the Soundabout in many other countries including the US, >>> Freestyle in Sweden and the Stowaway in the UK >> >> >> In this sense, the Walkman is an early form of the (now historical, >> "noughties") iPod, and belongs clearly to the "80s"... ;-) >> >> Best, >> >> Stefan >> >> P.S.: The iPod might still exist, but Walkmen/iPods are obsolete in the >> current environment. >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 01:44:45 +0100 >> From: Stefan Schreiber <st...@mail.telepac.pt> >> To: Surround Sound discussion group <sursound@music.vt.edu> >> Subject: Re: [Sursound] Hooke: First Bluetooth Binaural Microphone >> Message-ID: <558f437d.70...@mail.telepac.pt> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed >> >> Anthony Mattana wrote: >> >>> >>> We are currently in talks with software spatialization companies regarding >>> adding an algorithm that would allow Hooke to be used as a head tracking >>> audio playback option for VR scenarios. And this could be added to your >>> Hooke via a OTA software update months after you purchase the headphones :-) >>> >>> >> >> And how can you apply head-tracking to a binaural recording? >> >> Last time I have argued that B format recordings allow (easy) >> application of HT, binaural recordings actually not. >> You can't reconstruct the real or B format sound field from a binaural >> recording. If not, I don't see how you could apply HRTF data sets to >> calculate a (new) binaural representation - corresponding to your >> current head orientation. I am very open for smart algorithms, but still... >> >> No way, IMO! >> >> Best, >> >> Stefan >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sursound mailing list >> Sursound@music.vt.edu >> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of Sursound Digest, Vol 83, Issue 18 >> **************************************** > >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20150628/6b59e23f/attachment.html> >_______________________________________________ >Sursound mailing list >Sursound@music.vt.edu >https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit >account or options, view archives and so on. _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
