sounds futuristic
mdbrafman wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
Located in Tokyo’s Tsujiki district, the Dolby Japan office was an experience of futuristic sights and sounds.
The first thing I noticed about the office was that everything there was sleek and modern. The conference room where we began learning about the history of Dolby looked especially modern, with laptop hookups at every seat and several state-of-the-art high-definition televisions (HDTVs).
We split up in to groups to see some of the new technologies being produced at Dolby Japan. My group started by checking out virtual surround sound on mobile devices. As we all know, speakers on mobile phones are not good enough to provide musical fidelity. Even with headphones, the sound is still tinny and of poor quality.
Dolby’s Mobile Simulated Surround Sound incorporates their well-known Dolby 5.1 technology in to mobile phones, so users with headphones feel like they are listening to live sounds. Combined with the HD screens available on Japanese […]
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