March 28, 2024

Facebook smart glasses will be able to give the user super hearing

Facebook smart glasses will be able to give the user super hearing

The technology being developed will amplify sounds from the source of interest, while suppressing background noise.

Facebook Research Teamintroduced a new audio technology called "super perception". Its essence is that the electronic device will allow the user to better hear the sounds on which he concentrates his attention, while muffling other surrounding noise. For example, this will allow you to clearly hear the speech of your interlocutor in a crowded cafe.

According to the developers, the system consists ofseveral microphones that pick up sounds,a program that tracks head and eye movements to determine what a person is trying to focus on, and speakers that amplify the volume of the desired channel. At the same time, the sound volume will be different for each ear, as it happens in the real world.

At the moment, the system exists only in prototype form, connected to a standard eye tracker.

In parallel, the team is also developing a systemaudio presence, which will recreate the movement of sounds in virtual and augmented reality, increasing their realism. Facebook also introduced a new ultra-thin VR headset in July.

text: Ilya Bauer, photo and video: Facebook