An apparatus for immersive audio communication including circuitry configured to: receive at least a first audio data stream and a second audio data stream, wherein at least one of the first and second audio stream includes a spatial audio stream to enable immersive audio during a communication; determine a type of each of the first and second audio streams to identify which of the received first and second audio data streams the spatial audio stream; process the second audio data stream with at least one parameter dependent on the determined type; and render the first audio data stream and the processed second audio data stream.

Provided is a vibration presentation system that improves the convenience of a user in sensing vibrations at various body sites, or of a plurality of users in sensing vibrations. A vibration presentation system for presenting vibration signals for perception by tactile sense for media content, the vibration presentation system including: a vibrating body configured to generate vibrations corresponding to the vibration signals of a plurality of channels respectively; and a presentation target batch selection user interface including a plurality of (M, where M is an integer of 2 or more) combinations each of which contains one selection button and designation of a predefined body site for a channel included in the plurality of channels, wherein the vibrating body generates vibrations corresponding to the vibration signals for a body site for a channel included in a combination corresponding to a selection button selected from among M selection buttons.

Playback of an audio signal is simulated from a playback position to a listening position. The simulation is performed with respect to a model of a listening area. The resulting loudness of the audio, perceived at the listening position, is rendered to a display. Other aspects are described and claimed.

The present technology relates to an audio processing apparatus and method and a program that make it possible to obtain sound of higher quality. An acquisition unit acquires an audio signal and metadata of an object. A vector calculation unit calculates, based on a horizontal direction angle and a vertical direction angle included in the metadata of the object and indicative of an extent of a sound image, a spread vector indicative of a position in a region indicative of the extent of the sound image. A gain calculation unit calculates, based on the spread vector, a VBAP gain of the audio signal in regard to each speaker by VBAP. The present technology can be applied to an audio processing apparatus.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to media systems. In some aspects, a media device may monitor, using a radio frequency (RF) sensor, an environment of the media device; determine, from a received RF signal obtained by the RF sensor, a user attribute of a user within the environment; and control an audio system, associated with the media device, to direct an audio beam toward or away from the user. Numerous other aspects are provided.

A virtual meeting system is discussed herein. An online meeting application can provide a parallel virtual meeting between or among two or more participants of a main virtual meeting. The parallel virtual meeting permits two or more participants of the main virtual meeting to have a “smaller-sized” meeting in parallel with the main virtual speaker or presentation while still participating in the main virtual meeting. Therefore, the participants of the parallel virtual meeting do not have to connect via another device or application and can avoid disrupting the main virtual meeting. The parallel virtual meeting can permit two separate meetings, such as one meeting with all participants and one meeting with a subset of all the participants.

An information processing method receives settings of a plurality of pieces of information on a plurality of physical spaces that respectively correspond to a plurality of pieces of information on a plurality of logical spaces, receives a first group of a plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information that indicates a position of an acoustic image to be localized in each of the plurality of logical spaces using first coordinates in the plurality of logical spaces, receives a change in one piece of first acoustic image localization information, among the first group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information, changes other pieces of first acoustic image localization information, among the first group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization, in response to the received change in the one piece of first acoustic image localization information, and transforms the first group of the plurality of pieces of first acoustic image localization information respectively into a plurality of pieces of second acoustic image localization information using second coordinates in the plurality of physical spaces.

An audio generation system is provided to enable coordinated control of multiple IoT devices for audio collection and distribution of one or more audio sources according to location and user preference. The audio generation system enables a location sensitive acoustic control of sound, both as a shaped envelope for a particular source, and as an individualized experience. The audio generation system also facilitates an interactive visual system for visualization and manipulation of the audio environment including via the use of augmented reality and/or virtual reality to depict soundscapes. The audio generation system can also facilitate a system for improving and achieving an audio environment (sound influence zone) and an intuitive way to understand where sounds will be heard.

Provided is a vehicle, comprising: a voice receiver configured to acquire a user voice input; a speaker provided inside the vehicle; a display provided inside the vehicle; and a controller configured to control the voice receiver, the speaker and the display, wherein the controller is configured to: acquire a control command from the user voice input, wait for receiving a subsequent control command for a predetermined waiting time after operating a control target based on the control command, and control at least one of the speaker or the display to provide a feedback for notifying that the control target is in a subsequent controllable state.

A wearable electronic device includes an anterior pendant and a posterior pendant. A first neck strap couples a first side of the anterior pendant to the posterior pendant, while a second neck strap couples a second side of the anterior pendant to the posterior pendant. The posterior pendant includes a first single channel posterior audio output delivering a left channel audio signal through a first port and a second single channel posterior audio output delivering a right channel audio signal from a second port. The anterior pendant has a single channel anterior audio output delivering a combined left channel audio signal and right channel audio signal to pull the stereo image defined by the combined acoustic signals toward the anterior pendant.