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This is the “world’s first” phone call made using spatial audio (www.theverge.com)

submitted 5 months ago by ooli@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 27 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (13 children)

Nokia implemented stereo sound? Wow, welcome to 1881.

Meanwhile, the vast majority of people making calls are still going to have only one speaker, so it'll still get downmixed to mono. Even if your phone has two, and you're not holding it next to one ear, they're still going to be so close together as to effectively be one point source.

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 10 points 5 months ago

If only they had developed some kind of companion technology that connected to the phone and directed separate audio channels to each of your ears. Eh, such a specialized device could never gain widespread adoption if stereo phone calls were the only practical use case.

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