Instead of Google Glass? GN smart headset exposure

If the headphones you wear on your head are "smart" enough to know your location, know the road ahead of you, you can play 3D sound effects, provide you with route guidance, do you need a display or smart glasses in front of you? Danish audiovisual The smart headset made by the manufacturer GN can do these things. The GN smart headset can use the built-in sensor to send information to the smartphone or tablet to "know" the user's geographical location and surrounding environment. GN headset developer Lal Lars Johansen said: "We spent two years developing smart headsets. Based on our sister company Jabra Bluetooth headset, we integrated gyroscopes, GPS and compass into smart headphones."

Unlike smart glasses (such as Google Glass), GN smart headphones don't look like a wearable device. The only thing that goes beyond Bluetooth headsets is the wearable "element" that is the protruding part of the headset. It contains sensors and electronics. element.

"They (the sensors and electronic components) connect the headset to a smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth and use 3D audio to feed back the user's behavior or geographic location to the user in real time. They are like the audio version of Google Glass," said Johansen. Similar to Google Glass, GN smart headphones not only have many potential uses in the audio and gaming fields, but also can be used in the navigation field to help the blind.

Currently, GN has opened up this smart headset for developers and is looking for a "killer" application. GN developers including Johansson have come up with some very creative applications.

Johansen has developed an iPhone game for this headset called Zombie X. This game uses 3D sound to "make" a "zombie attack" sound around the headset wearer. Users can only recognize it with 3D sound. The attack direction of the zombie. Once the user's head changes, the direction of the audio source will also change. When the user decides that the zombie is in front, press and hold the button to fire the zombie and knock it down. Other applications of the GN show include Museum audio guides, etc.

GN 3D audio technology also allows users to enjoy immersive music. For example, users can hear the performance of a variety of orchestral instruments. In addition, a pair of smart headphones can also create a concert effect, so that users feel like they are in the body In the vast crowd. In addition to entertainment, GN will also target blind navigation, visual impairment using audio "clue" with position information, can identify the road ahead, like an audio version of satellite navigation. Currently this device Still in development, but has accepted the order, the price is 420 US dollars, is expected to be shipped in July this year.