Virtual reality has made the idea of immersively placing us into strange new landscapes — whether real or imagined — not only plausible, but commonplace. But what about sound? Up until now, there’s ...

A new feature on many at-home devices, surround sound audio has become increasingly popular. Spatial sound, which gives listeners a “3D” sound experience, is considered to be similar to a movie ...

Work ground to a halt on the Satsop nuclear reactor building more than 25 years ago before it ever produced a kilowatt of electricity. The $440 million concrete behemoth designed to withstand a ...

How well does a speaker work in a given space? That question is way more complicated than you might think. Not only do speakers perform differently in settings with different surfaces, shapes and ...

In his laboratory tucked into the basement of Princeton University's Von Neumann Hall, Edgar Choueiri creates illusions with sound. He can conjure a distant trumpet or a voice whispering in your ear, ...

How much attention do you pay to the sounds around you? If you listen, they can tell quite a story. That’s what some high school students learned while helping a local artist prepare what's being ...

Inside an old, brick industrial building in downtown Brockton, a group of hip hop music producers are laying down beats – and they’re teaching others how to do the same.The Enterprise said The Sound ...

Supervising Sound Editor and Designer Scott Gershin is leading the initiative. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor Technicolor‘s new immersive audio unit, dubbed The Sound Lab at Technicolor, is up and ...

The Museum of Pop Culture is a leading-edge, nonprofit museum in Seattle, dedicated to the ideas and risk-taking that fuel contemporary pop culture. Currently on view is the touring exhibition, ...

When an aeroplane lands and cell phones come back to life, the signature ringtones of the top mobile brands set them apart in the cacophony. The ringtone lasts only some seconds but putting it ...