Apple Patented AR Headphones That Aim To Make Conference Calls More Realistic

Apple Patented AR Headphones That Aim To Make Conference Calls More Realistic

Its no secret that Apple's probably working on augmented reality glasses for next year but a new patent reveals that the Cupertino giant is also tinkering around with augmented audio in headphones.

The patent, first spotted by Patently Apple, is called "intelligent augmented audio conference calling using headphones." The calling system described in the document would be able to pinpoint the location of a caller in the conference room and then create a "virtual room" based on the listener's current environment.

Having created this "virtual room," the calling system would be able to make the caller's voice sound as if it were coming from the direction in which he or she would be sitting if the caller were present in the same room as the listener. As such, the listener on the call would be able to rotate his or her head toward the person speaking to make the conversation feel more natural.

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