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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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    replacing it with NEW Folger's Crystals! (lets see if they notice the difference)
  2. Re:300 speakers? by LostCluster · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Which also means this technology will work in 0% of today's theaters without retrofitting, and will likely never be sold at the consumer level.

    Nice idea... but I don't think this one's getting off the chalkboard.

  3. (Submarine) patents? by art6217 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Is not this the same institute that had the submarine MP3 patents? I might be wrong and their work is probably very interesting, but obvious "patents" might perhaps turn it into another GIF/MP3/...-like story.

    Byt the way, anyone knows how is it related to this: Single Speaker Unit Delivers Surround Sound?