| News & Events |
NASA SpinOff - January 3, 2005, Mtn View, CA
NASA featured AuSIM in its 2004 edition of SpinOff,
highlighting successful technology transfer.
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I/ITSEC 2004 - December
6-9, 2004, Orlando, FL
AuSIM presented new technology at I/ITSEC
for the fifth consecutive year.
AuSIM partnered with
Information In Place, Inc.
(IIPI), a Mixed and Augmented Reality (AR) research firm
from Bloomington, Indiana, and with
Sennheiser Government Systems
(SGS), an audio solutions supplier for government projects from Old Lyme, CT.
Demonstrations included ...
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August 1, 2004, Santa Clara, CA
AuSIM opens a new office in Santa Clara, as an affiliate of
The Girvan Institute, a non-profit entity chartered to support research and educational
goals in the Northern California area. AuSIM will be maintaining three offices
and a small laboratory at 3940 Freedom Circle, co-located with Girvan officials
and about 20 other small r research-oriented firms. ... LEARN MORE
July 15, 2004, Mtn View, CA
AuSIM has been awarded a new 6-month research contract with the US Army under their STTR program, set up to
facilitate the transfer of technology from University research groups to small firms in the private sector.
AuSIM will be working with the University of Wisconsin to develop and implement biologically-inspired algorithms
to determine the direction of origin of environmental sounds. ...LEARN MORE
March 1, 2004, Mtn View, CA --
AuSIM is pleased to announce the release of a new product line of personal communications equipment which will
be called 3DVx. This is the first AuSIM audio spatialization system that has been miniaturized for portability
and wearability, with an interface designed for use for team communications. ... LEARN MORE
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AuSIM provides audio simulation solutions that restore the realism of reproduced sounds
for enhanced perception. AuSIM's technology simulates the propagation of
sounds through an environment, so the resulting audio sounds like it actually traveled
through and interacted with a designed environment.
Human Auditory Perception
The under-utilized human auditory system is more capable than most people recognize.
Sound propagating through the physical world to a listener's ears adopts an aural signature.
Humans perceive these signatures and create a mental image of the environment that allows
them to discriminate independently originating sounds. Humans do this effectively in
noisy restaurants and lobbies, tuning into desired sound and tuning out noise, a perceptual
phenomenon called the "cocktail-party effect".
The Problem
Conventional electronic recording, transmission, and reproduction of sound strips it of all
coloration that it would have picked up traversing an environment. Such coloration includes
valuable cues to direction of origin, primary propagation direction, proximity, velocity, and
others. AuSIM3Dtm simulation technology synthesizes and preserves these
perceptual cues.
Applied to real-world problems, AuSIM3Dtm helps:
- Reduce fatigue with naturally-presented information.
- Maintain more efficient and productive workers.
- Increase accuracy and quality of listener's work and yield
fewer critical and costly mistakes.
- Let listeners make better, cost-effective decisions.
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AuSIM3Dtm Applications
AuSIM is focused on "mission-critical" applications in which completing
tasks more efficiently and effectively creates an economic or tactical advantage.
In mission-critical applications, operators are presented information
such as alerting data, images, voices, vibrations, and sounds that must be perceived
effectively for optimal decision making.
AuSIM applications are everywhere
- The audio engineer can place sound into a video so that it is perceived
correctly in the scene, conveying the information more quickly and creating
a more effective presentation.
- The driver´s education student can learn to react to realistic sound events in
a simulator, putting fewer people at risk during the learning and creating a driver who is
prepared to encounter the real situation.
- With AuSIM improvements in aural displays, the fighter pilot can naturally
react to the sound of threats from behind and below, saving lives and
resources.
- Air-traffic controllers can recognize pilots by coincident position of voice
and radar indication, increasing efficiency and reducing fatigue.
- Teleconferences with spatially consistent voices can be more natural and more
efficient.
AuSIM Customers
Developers of these types of applications, who are looking for a competitive edge, are AuSIM customers.
AuSIM3Dtm provides the tools and interfaces that developers need to create a believable
sound environment. NASA, the US Navy, Army, and Air Force, leading universities, and forward-looking
companies have taken the AuSIM step towards developing next-generation applications.
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| WHAT
OUR CUSTOMERS DO |
| Team
Communications |
| Bring clarity and organization to your headphone presentation with audio
simulation technology from AuSIM. AuSIM's positional 3D audio, the most accurate on the market, enhances
identification and distinguishability of individual voice channels, alert signals, and other aurally
displayed messages to dramatically increase user performance and efficiency ...
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| Aural
Information Display |
| AuSIM3D increases information bandwidth and situational
awareness while reducing visual information overload. Transient irregularities that can
be difficult to spot visually are much more noticeable when auralized, because we can hear
in all directions at once. Positional aural displays are important upgrades for Flight
Cockpit, Air Traffic Control, Auto Displays, Sonar Displays, Dismounted Warfighters, 911
Operators, Dispatchers, Dismounted Warfighters, Cellular Phones ...
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| Simulation-based
Training |
| Virtual Environment (VE) technology has emerged as one of the most promising
new training tools. While high-resolution graphical displays are important, a multi-sensory representation
of an environment presents a much more convincing illusion, and the most significant factor in accurately
presenting a sound field is the selection of aural cues, such as those provided by AuSIM3Dtm. Systems can help
train vehicle operators, equipment operators, firefighters, security personnel, war fighters ...
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| Location-Based Entertainment |
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Location-Based Entertainment (LBE) has been a major entertainment market segment
for centuries, as it includes world fairs, theme parks, casinos, laser tag, and arcades
of all types.
LBE is differentiated by the fidelity that is a significant step above
what an individual or family could afford in their own home.
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| Media
Production |
| Adding much more sound positioning precision than surround
sound, AuSIM3Dtm technology tools can help create much more compelling content more easily
for production of Advertising (TV/Radio), Film, Music, and multi-media presentations of
all types. Audio/Video 3D correlation tools can save time and money in production. |
| Engineering
Simulation |
| Virtual Prototyping in architectural design, vehicle design,
and civil engineering benefit from the simulation and aural presentation of acoustically
disturbed surface structures. Also, in the area of forensics, acoustic event reconstruction
will help produce a much more comprehensible understanding of complex situations and scenarios.
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| Basic Research |
| AuSIM provides the most flexible, expandable 3D audio simulation development
systems for research in Psycho-Acoustics, Human Perception, Learning Processes, Performance Enhancement,
Bio-Engineering, Immersive Environments, Telepresence ...LEARN MORE |
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