Virtual Reality Headset

Qualcomm Introduces Two Next Generation Sound Platforms – S3 gen 3 and S5 gen 3.

Enterprise, Gaming, Home, Technology, Wearable Devices / By Peter Cooney / April 2, 2024 / Active Room Speaker, Audio Eyewear, Augmented Reality Headset, Enterprise Headset, Enterprise Speaker, Gaming Headset, Mixed Reality Headset, Portable Speaker, PSAP, Qualcomm, Radio, Smart Speaker, soundbar, Tensilica, Tensilican, True Wireless Stereo Earbuds, Virtual Reality Headset, Vivo, Wireless Ear Cup, Wireless Fully Enclosed, Wireless Mono Headset, Wireless Tethered Earbuds

Qualcomm has announced upgrades to some of its sound platform chips, with the S3 gen 3 and S5 gen 3. Here we look at the major changes made. The S3 is aimed at mid-tier audio devices. Looking at the specs for gen 2 and gen 3 the major upgrades on the previous generation include: The S3 also gives customers access to 3rd party solutions from the Qualcomm Voice …

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Ambiq Apollo510 Delivers 30x Power Efficiency Improvement to Unleash Endpoint AI

Enterprise, Gaming, Home, Technology, Wearable Devices / By Peter Cooney / April 2, 2024 / Ambiq, Audio Eyewear, Augmented Reality Headset, Enterprise Headset, Gaming Headset, Smart Doorbell, Smart Thermostat, True Wireless Stereo Earbuds, Virtual Reality Headset

Ambiq Micro was founded in 2010 focused initially on Real Time Clocks (RTC), it launched its first microcontroller in 2015. This microcontroller, known as Apollo and based on Subthreshold Power Optimized Technology (SPOT) was able to achieve significantly lower power consumption and became widely used in power constrained devices such as smart watches. It has made gradual …

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Headphones State of the Industry 2024, Updated Forecasts

Enterprise, Gaming, Product, Wearable Devices / By Peter Cooney / March 21, 2024 / Audio Eyewear, Augmented Reality Headset, DTC Over The Counter Hearing Aid, Enterprise Headset, Gaming Headset, Medical Hearing Aid, PSAP, True Wireless Stereo Earbuds, Virtual Reality Headset, Wired Headphones Packaged, Wired Headphones Retail, Wireless Ear Cup, Wireless Fully Enclosed, Wireless Mono Headset, Wireless Tethered Earbuds

DATAportl and sister company SAR Insight & Consulting have recently published updated forecasts for all headphone markets, the latest data is now available on the platform. We’ve been tracking the headphone market since the company was founded over 10 years ago and it has been very interesting to see how this market has transformed in …

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Charging Ahead: Solar-Powered Headphones. Future Headphone Market Growth?

Enterprise, Gaming, Product, Wearable Devices / By Peter Cooney / February 9, 2024 / Adidas, Audio Eyewear, Augmented Reality Headset, Bone Conduction Headphone, DTC Over The Counter Hearing Aid, Enterprise Headset, Exeger, Gaming Headset, Medical Hearing Aid, Philips, Powerfoyle, PSAP, True Wireless Stereo Earbuds, Urbanista, Virtual Reality Headset, Wired Headphones Packaged, Wired Headphones Retail, Wireless Ear Cup, Wireless Fully Enclosed, Wireless Headphone Charging Case, Wireless Mono Headset, Wireless Tethered Earbuds

The incorporation of Powerfoyle solar technology into headphone design represents a notable advancement in sustainable audio solutions, a trend I touched upon in a previous CES roundup. Among the latest products featuring this innovation is the A6219 on-ear GO headphones, showcased as part of the 2024 Philips Sound Range. This introduction underscores a significant shift towards …

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Meta’s New Quest 3 is Here

Product, Wearable Devices / By Lachlan Cooney / October 3, 2023 / Meta, Qualcomm, Sony, Virtual Reality Controller, Virtual Reality Headset

Meta’s new Quest 3 has landed and it’s currently available for pre-order. It’s set to release on the 10th of October for $499, $200 more than the Quest 2, but is it worth the substantial price increase? The most significant upgrade in the Quest 3 is its new Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 CPU by Qualcomm. This …

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AAC helps directional MEMS microphone startup get to market

Mobility, Player, Wearable Devices / By Peter Cooney / March 1, 2023 / AAC Technologies, Automotive Head Unit, Infineon, Knowles, Qualcomm, Soundskrit, True Wireless Stereo Earbuds, Vesper, Virtual Reality Headset

For many years the MEMS microphone market has been dominated by a few major vendors, Knowles and Infineon (plus many companies using Infineon die, including AAC). Few new companies have emerged with new technologies that could possibly upset the status quo. Vesper was one such company, but it only had minimal success before it was …

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Meta acquires Audio Analytic

Player, Wearable Devices / By Peter Cooney / November 28, 2022 / Audio Analytic, Meta, Virtual Reality Controller, Virtual Reality Headset

Meta continues to gobble up interesting tech companies, to help shore up its vison for the metaverse. The latest acquisition of interest to SAR Insight, is Audio Analytic. Audio Analytic has been at the forefront of the sound detection and recognition technology market, providing tools that enable devices to react to sounds such as glass …

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Meta acquires Lofelt

Player, Wearable Devices / By Peter Cooney / September 15, 2022 / Lofelt, Meta, Nuance, Virtual Reality Controller, Virtual Reality Headset

Lofelt announced on its website “Lofelt is now embarking on a new adventure, and we will sunset our products on July 7th, 2022”, this was a bit cryptic and left us wondering what is happening here. WSJ announced that Meta has acquired Lofelt, for an undisclosed sum. Now, did Meta purchase Lofelt after it had …

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Highly efficient sound power and sound intensity measurements with augmented reality

Technology, Wearable Devices / By Joe Murray / June 1, 2022 / Head Acoustics, Virtual Reality Headset

Head acoustics has announced a new application for the HoloLens 2, developed by a German start-up called HoloMetrix. The application allows users to box off an object in augmented reality before the application creates a personal sound map. This allows the user to identify sounds issues and leakages, creating a quieter environment for perhaps even …

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Broadcom ships one billion Wi-Fi 6 and 6E chips

Computing, Mobile Devices, Player, Wearable Devices / By Peter Cooney / May 16, 2022 / Broadcom, Desktop PC, High End Smartphone, Laptop, Low Cost Smartphone, Mid Range Smartphone, Monitor, Virtual Reality Controller, Virtual Reality Headset

An amazing achievement by Broadcom, which clearly demonstrates the appetite for improved Wi-Fi connections. The inclusion of the 6GHz band (as well as other improvements) has led to “six times faster upload speeds, four times faster download speeds, four times better coverage and seven times better battery life than the previous Wi-Fi standard”, according to …

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