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Good Vibrations

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Past event - 2017
15 May 19:00-21:00
Belgium and Blues, 184 Above Bar Street,
Southampton SO14 7DW
Sold Out!
From the immersive cinematic experience to the thrill of a live performance, acoustical science and technology enriches these experience and helps us to heightens the human condition. Yet how science and technology is acting to augment these experiences remains a mystery to many of us. The series of talks featured in this event delves into the science of sound addresses questions such as: How is acoustical science playing a role in the development of virtual reality technologies? How might we listen to music in the future? How do firms manipulate acoustics and sound to produce branded experien…

Virtual Memory, Real Hardware: The Tech Behind VR

Andrew Horsburgh (Senior Lecturer in Media Technology, SOMAT, Southampton Solent University )
Virtual Reality is one of the latest technologies to have a reboot within the last 5 years. This talk will cover the technology behind the next-generation soundscapes and visuals that are allowing content producers to create our imagination and replicate the human perception of events. Whether it is to relive an experience of Venice’s canals, race a friend on a rally stage game, or examine and dissect a model of the human heart - Virtual Reality technology is rapidly changing the way humans are interacting for both business and pleasure.

Pub Acoustics, Soundscapes and Beer

Juan Battaner-Moro (Senior Lecturer in Acoustics, Southampton Solent University. Technical Director, Solent Acoustics.)
We all have been in quiet pubs and in noisy pubs. But how does sound affects our pub experience? In this talk we will explore how the acoustics of a pub can affect anything from your mood to the taste of the beer that you are drinking! You will be introduced to the acoustic parameters that define a pub, from intimacy and intelligibility to how dangerous the coffee grinder machine noise level could be. But not all is reduced down to an acoustic measurement and a number, we will also review the latest psychoacoustics research and company acoustic branding.

Transaural Audio: The Art of Tricking the Brain

Marcós Simon (Research Fellow, University of Southampton)
The sound experience that cinema sound offers is really great, but can’t we have this at home in an easy manner, i.e., without putting loudspeakers all around us or wearing headphones? The answer is yes. And it may be lying in your living room very soon. But how? Thanks to a soundbar that adapts automatically to your instantaneous listening position and delivers the sound of the real world directly to your ears. I will guide you through a trip in which I will show you how this is possible, and will give you a demo of the latest prototype developed at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Resear
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