AI headphones let you listen to a single person in crowd, by looking at them

Re:AI headphones let you listen to a single person in crowd,... by dekhn on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @01:47PM (#40514683)

Oh neat: https://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-08/restaurant...

Meyer Sound which did the sound install for the space is a long-time well-known innovator in sound tech- for example, establishing vertical line arrays. Years ago the son of the founder was doing advanced space modelling for the best sound (basically, entering the room geometry and simulating with helmholtz equations).

I will go there just for the experience.

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Re:AI headphones let you listen to a single person in crowd,... by roughly on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @07:46PM (#40518490)

Yep, that's the place. When you go there, two things to look for - one is the ring of speakers around 10ft up on the walls, and the other is the forest of small capsule-shaped microphones hanging from the ceiling. It's a really impressive system, although AIUI it's ludicrously expensive - it's there for marketing, Comal did not pay full price for the system.

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Re:AI headphones let you listen to a single person in crowd,... by wkat4242 on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @08:46PM (#40518905)

I'd hate those stools though. Great to have a non overwhelming auditory experience but if my back is killing me that's not much of an improvement.

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Re:AI headphones let you listen to a single person in crowd,... by roughly on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @10:26PM (#40519528)

They've got chairs elsewhere, just stools at the bar. It's a pretty big restaurant with a large outdoor area, too.

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Re:AI headphones let you listen to a single person in crowd,... by wkat4242 on Thursday May 30, 2024 @04:10AM (#40521314)

Ah ok. I don't know the place, I have never even visited the US in my life :)

And there was only that one picture.

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