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In any case, spatial audio technology has been around forever, but this is an interesting but not earth-shattering application of it.]]>May 11th 2009 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/May 11th 2009 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/May 11th 2009 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/May 11th 2009 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/May 11th 2009 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/May 11th 2009 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/May 11th 2009 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/May 11th 2009 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/May 11th 2009 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/May 11th 2009 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/May 11th 2009 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/May 11th 2009 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/May 11th 2009 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/May 11th 2009 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/May 11th 2009 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/http://www.practical-home-theater-guide.com/dolby-headphone.html (no, not going to try to encode a URL without preview).

So, according to that, since 2001 Dolby has had 5.1 simulation for headphones.

From what I've heard from others, it applies transforms (read: distortion) to the signal simulating the way sound gets distorted and echos when hitting your outer ears from different directions (to grossly oversimplify it).]]>May 11th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/May 11th 2009 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/May 12th 2009 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/May 11th 2009 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/ntt-docomos-spatial-audio-tech-provides-superhuman-hearing/May 11th 2009 10:15PM