This is really cool. Folks are starting to re-discover a century old technique for recording immersive audio. Binaural sound duplicates the human head by recording with two microphones positioned 180 degrees from eachother. The microphone containers even look like squishy human ears. I’m not sure how important the human ear shape is but the sound quality is pretty impressive.
This is a really exciting development in the realm of immersive interactive storytelling. Sounds plays a crucial role in the immersive experience which we has modern humans take for granted. Just look at some of the greatest movies with award winning sound. Folks don’t come out of the theater saying, “Gee, the sounds was remarkable.” They come out saying, “Wasn’t the cinematography amazing?” We are so hardwired in with our visual senses that when we have a truly immersive experience, we have no way of justifying it other than through vibrant visual stimulus.
I have a strong feeling this is going to be one of the lynch-pins for immersive interactive storytelling.
