Ossic X 3D Audio Headphones To Bring Extra Immersion To VR

[toby12]

This is almost certainly a gimmick. The magic happens in the software, not the hardware. You could have $5 chinkphones or a pair of HD800s, but the results will be the same if the audio was not recorded properly, or (in the case of a video game) if the software wasn't designed to create a 3D sound experience.
See this video to understand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUDTlvagjJA
This works for anyone with a pair of headphones.

All the currently available software uses generic algorithms, so how good it is depends how similar you are to the dummy head used. OSSIC is trying to use hardware and software to create a more personalized experience.

 

[alidan]

This is almost certainly a gimmick. The magic happens in the software, not the hardware. You could have $5 chinkphones or a pair of HD800s, but the results will be the same if the audio was not recorded properly, or (in the case of a video game) if the software wasn't designed to create a 3D sound experience.
See this video to understand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUDTlvagjJA
This works for anyone with a pair of headphones.

All the currently available software uses generic algorithms, so how good it is depends how similar you are to the dummy head used. OSSIC is trying to use hardware and software to create a more personalized experience.

no, what they are trying to do is make a competent enough headphone that most people will say "wow, this sounds so much better than what i was useing" by virtue of them never having a pair of headphones, made by a headphone company, and then marking the price up significantly higher than quality dictates, making a name for themselves as "the vr headphone to own" so people will buy them en mass weather they are good enough to warrant that or not.

i would be willing to bet money, no one is getting into the headphone marketplace with vr and not trying to sell snake oil.