| This Week's Top Stories | | #1 | A preview of Chicago's new David Bowie exhibition and the tech behind it | | | By Kevin Fitchard, GigaOM | | | Instead of walling off multimedia segments into separate screening or listening rooms, the whole exhibit became one big sound stage filled with dozens of music and audio recordings. And thanks to technology from Sennheiser, the Chicago MCA's galleries weren't reduced to a cacophony of competing sounds. More»
Why This Matters: This is a pretty good story about the only US stop for this exhibit, which incorporates Sennheiser's immersive 3DAudio and guidePORT system with Aura 3D headphones. Each visitor's headphones tap into 25 different "display zones," tracked to the displays so each audio experience is unique. Here's another story And here's a video with the curators kind of explaining how it was used for the exhibits original engagement at the V&A in London. –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #2 | Airbus looks at VR headrests for passengers | | | By InAVate | | | Those who hate flying will welcome an idea from Airbus that will deliver them from the sight, sound – and smell – of other passengers. The European consortium has filed a patent for a Virtual Reality system that is integrated into the headrest of passenger aircraft seats. The concept is designed to reduce stress and boredom among passengers by delivering sensorial isolation through the delivery of sound, visuals and the diffusion of any lingering odors. More»
Why This Matters: Encouraging or depressing? –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #3 | Enter the 4th Annual Most Innovative Product Awards | | | via Sound & Video Contractor | | | The 4th annual 2014 Sound & Video Contractor Innovative Products Awards honor electronic and mechanical innovation across the full range of ProAV products. To be eligible for an award, the product must be designed for the professional AV market and have shipped or be projected to ship between November 1st, 2013, and November 1, 2014. Winners will be selected by the readers of Sound & Video Contractor and announced in print in the December 2014 issue of Sound & Video Contractor, as well as on our online, mobile, and social platforms. More»
Why This Matters: Our past experience with this awards program is that readers turn out to vote—that engagement is really gratifying for us to see. We use a one-vote-per-IP-address system so we can be sure that engagement is real. If you made a great product this year, please consider entering it. –Cynthia Wisehart |
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