On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Niels Mayer <nielsmayer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Can ambisonics be used in a "handheld" configuration? I noticed that > Nokia has a phone with four speakers, which I assume would be for > positional sound effects in games: > http://pocketnow.com/tech-news/nokia-x7-leaked-four-speakers-eight-megapixels-video > http://www.technolifestyle.com/2010/11/nokia-x7-00-mobile-phone-with-4-speakers/ i quote: "Certainly, listening to music or even watch high definition movies will feel more booming with Nokia X7-00." ambisonics assumes a speaker in the midst of an array of speakers that point more or less in the general direction of the listener's head. this phone is just a gimmick. > I would imagine such a configuration would be able to "beam form" the the nokia phone has so little to do with any kind of "spatial sound" that i hardly know where to begin. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
