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3D Sound by Creator of MP3

Posted by michael on from the jaws-theme dept.

im333mfg writes "News.com has an article detailing the Fraunhofer Institute for Media Technology's latest and greatest audio solution, Iosono, or as they're putting it 'true three dimensional audio, which can give the impression of, for example, a horse galloping through the center aisle of a movie theater, or pinpoint a noise so that it sounds exactly like a person shouting from outside theater walls. The best existing surround sound speakers can approximate this only for a small sweet spot, perhaps a few feet wide, while the Iosono system would create the same realistic illusion for everyone in the room.'"

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  1. Please... by extra+the+woos · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will someone in the porn industry pick this up? I can't wait to download convincing lesbian orgy movies and feel like i'm right in the middle of the action.

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    1. Re:Please... by Carewolf · · Score: 2, Funny

      So you want to be a lesbian???

      I know an operation that will help.

  2. one application springs to mind by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    pimpmobiles. Imagine a car with hundreds of goldplated speakers everywhere..

  3. A pizza... by spare.dave · · Score: 4, Funny

    The first person to tie this to a worldwide conspiracy against OGG gets a pizza.

  4. Hmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    What about farts? Will the theatre shake?

    1. Re:Hmm... by TheRaven64 · · Score: 3, Funny

      If you can place a sound anywhere in the theatre then I can imagine a bored sound tech having fun by making a fart sound come from a random audience member...

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  5. re: "I can't wait to download" by nusratt · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I can't wait to download convincing lesbian orgy movies and feel like i'm right in the middle of the action."

    If YOU are right in the middle of the action, then it can possibly be convincing. ;-)

  6. "Bubbles might emerge under audience seats" by LightningBolt! · · Score: 2, Funny
    But the quantum leap in experience results when creative sound mixing takes advantage of the new capabilities of the technology. Footsteps could come down the centre aisle of the theatre, bubbles might emerge under audience seats...

    Eww, really?

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