Virtual reality for your ears - Binaural sound demo (wear your headphones) - BBC Click

Put on your headphones and try the immersive binaural sound demo at 04:52
Spencer Kelly listens to and makes some binaural sound, the next generation of audio that promises to be even more immersive.
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[@SoloStud]

The actual demo starts at 4:56 . Put your headphones on. You're welcome.

[@PerfecktLady]

Thank you sm!

[@glassbook6299]

Thank you

[@clientbounty]

Mvp

[@timmenz4909]

4:57

[@nekodelightma2752]

Asmr triggers

[@DanRC69]

Wow, I'm blown away by the audio i just experienced. At one point i thought someone else was in my house chatting. It was UTTERLY impressive (unless you WEREN'T using a good pair of headphones). This needs to be used in ALL movies, and music would be taken to a completely new level.

[@sasukegothittas]

It is most of the time..

[@raphaelkhoury218]

Dan RC yeha its SOOOOOO IMPRESSIVE!😍

[@alvinwe8396]

I remember hearing that Radiohead actually used this technicue In some of their songs

[@UrMomGoes2College]

Its an audio standard which is conveyed in such as Dolby 3.0 up to 5.1 during the early 2000's

[@b_d_vn9651]

Can the Airpods give this much depth of surround?

[@ilikeceral3]

This is such an overlooked part of vr-it could make vr for the blind too!

[@jancovanderwesthuizen8070]

ilikeceral3 If one could add smell to all of that it would perfect the experience for blind people

[@hogrideeeeer]

john ZA nosulus rift

[@BlueTJLP]

It's already a thing and I've been using a good HRTF as my daily driver for years. Dolby Headphone and now the Sennheiser GSX1000 thingy.

[@MicahTurnerMusic]

my disappointment with vr audio is immeasurable

[@Fogmeister]

There was a cool iPhone game I played that used audio only. The screen was completely blank. You use the phone to change your orientation in the world and then press too or bottom to move forward or backward.

[@vanessam3444]

This is some of the best ASMR I've had in a long time 😂

[@Drstrange3000]

I know! And he wasn't even an ASMRtist.

[@ZulqarnainAidil]

I didn't expect to be watching ASMR on the channel.

[@EchoSixGames]

VR ASMR will be a revolution

[@Manas-co8wl]

It WILL. I am so excited for this future.

[@DerMBen]

@@EchoSixGames Even if only head tracking would be used...

[@victorijapoosp]

Not just asmr but pretending they invented it 😂

[@CreativityItself]

mommy there's a strange man whispering in my ear

[@Yaujta]

Omg 😂🤣

[@carriguerrero34]

Lol

[@VideoManDan]

Him whispering "sweet nothings" actually creeped me out

[@Fede101kill3r7]

I got tingles in the binaural sound part and I haven't got them since months while watching actual asmr videos lol

[@triplechocolate887]

me too lmao

[@entropy04]

That cup felt real lol

[@RumpelStiltskindarkone]

thats because they were using a microphone only a millionaire ASMRtist could afford

[@scellyyt]

5:08 wow that actually sounds so realistic, how the sound literally sounds like its coming from in front to behind

[@kc5402]

Lol Spenley, the first time you went around behind and whispered in "my" right ear, I instinctively turned my head to the right to look at you! Total reflex!

[@thecakeThief]

This was a really interesting prospective on VR and binaural sound technology. Great job, BBC Click and BBC R&D

[@bananabus.]

Nice pic bruh

[@zanethzarareth6747]

5:24 mom there's a man inside my headphones please help I'm scared

[@JSAirways]

I am blown away! Wish I could get my hands on this tech myself and make some tests with 360 degree video...

[@xkitejunkie]

wow! Stunning demo! Exciting stuff! Awesome work BBC R&D!

[@Techoni]

I would like to listen to live music performances like this...

[@stevenfrost5960]

all I can say is that properly freaked me out it is amazing well done to the BBC yet again leading the way

[@Tenshihan-Quinn]

For truly Dynamic Binural Sound, Ed should also have an upper torso - there are subtle frequency alterations in pitch when sound is blocked by your own body, namely your shoulders.

[@donZeriouS]

Fascinating! The ASMR skit was great xD BBC, you are again ahead of the time with the trends :] But for real, this was educational and entertaining! Thank you!

[@mukkaar]

It's really going to be awesome when we get something close to binaural audio on mainstream gaming and vr.

[@mreyeball3085]

I feel very uncomfortable when he's so close

[@mairiweir14]

This is so cool. I hope you create more videos with this technique.

[@ZeroofAgrathalm]

love the Stax Ear speakers in this, perfect setup for details like this

[@vladimirkravchuk1194]

Anyone notice those STAX headphones?

[@Elusive_Chicken]

Vladimir Kravchuk I wish I had those XD

[@blus379]

207s? nice

[@andyhaochizhang]

Ofc!

[@SadalDay]

yep

[@davidgriffin79]

Yep. Although I was listening using Beyerdynamic DT770 (250 Ohm) , the same as they were using (they seem ubiquitous at the BBC).

[@TrekkerLLAP]

Actually some really great ASMR, Spencer.

[@batjutsu]

very impressive, cheers Spencer and crew :-)

[@bloopyguy6804]

When he asked "do you feel your third eye opening?" I felt my forehead.

[@steventrueman3493]

this is the best thing ive heard since Beatles did wierd things in stereo, more please!

[@GustavWernerEmrich]

This is so old ........ and so easy to make it with 2 mic in your ears, and in the old times was very excellent Sound books and stories - it will be great when its been renewed I love it ....

[@boowonder888]

I was listening with my Sennheiser PX 100. Sounded great, like the movies. Stephan whispering in my ear like he was Barry White creeped me out a lot! Very interesting technology, I will do more searches on this.

[@thebinauralguy1131]

Yes! More binaural on KZbin!

[@kai125]

This is hands down the best binaural sound on KZbin.

[@jackdog06]

oh my god, stirring the cup was unreal. Felt so real.

[@catticus6637]

4:47 Your welcome

[@tomormiston6592]

this show should be up with Top Gear, great tech, great presentation.

[@Molly-gm6nq]

BBC R&D didn't create this technology, it's existed for agess.

[@tuberjaygaming5578]

Yes. Since the 1950s. But the headphone or earphone versions really advanced during the 21st Century.

[@dave5194]

The new technology part is the dynamic binaural audio.

[@benbullettmortlock]

Before knowing what it would really sound like, I switched the lights off making my room pitch black, completely turned the light off on my MacBook screen and hit the space bar (play). That was probably the strangest thing I've ever experienced. Since I there was no video or light sound, you focus purely on the sight of his voice and the room around you. That was unbelievable.

[@BokamosoBaipaakanyiDes]

Amazing!

[@jameswindcall2776]

This is brilliant

[@keef78]

This isnt new, maybe the vr version is but the static version isnt, look look up the virtual haircut, it was uploaded 9 years ago, this does make you realise the human brain truly is an amazing thing.

[@kirkc9643]

Wow that is absolutely incredible!

[@webchris2]

Real 3D sound not this post processing 8D or 9D people are so amazed over these days. Thats just fixing a speaker on a string and swing it around your head until you get sick of it. By the way, the easiest way to do your own Binaural recordings is to use a high end cellphone that have 2 microphones. One at top and bottom of the phone. Samsung Note 5. Set recording to highest quality stereo. Here's the dorky part. Hold the phone horizontal and put it against your nose bridge, almost at eye level. Now the two microphones should be close as possible to your own ears. Record and then playback over earphones. Its amazingly real!

[@mekelith]

3:52 STAXいいな～

[@ZiggyYardieTheater]

i been looking 5 years for 3d audio engines to go with video games. though this isnt quite like it its pretty good. i think physics based sound engine that interacts with all objects and different materials in game world bouncing back to the virtual ears of character will be ultimately what simulates reality's sounds.

[@lesles380]

AMAAAAZING!

[@keneka8703]

I just experienced some ASMR stuff here

[@UmarUmar-hi8xc]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!! This is amazing!!!!!! Yes I am freaked out!

[@allertonoff4]

i sincerely hope you will remind us to resume our headphone usage, at future .... auspicious events .. peace a4

[@Mohammed.Burhan.Mohammed]

Omg with a sennheiser it sounded just amazing

[@rodrigomunoz7222]

Como se llama el micrófono? Porque creo que es el mejor micrófono para videos ASMR

[@clintstechtips6571]

i was giggling when he started whispering in my ear. WTF

[@wyattb3138]

No it’s not real!

[@GabenHood]

This is my end game, stereo sound, stereo vision combined with head tracking.

[@gumikebbap]

this is gonna revolutionize POV videos, nomsayin?

[@davidbrodeur8045]

Hi, someone know which software is used at 4:39 with Nuendo. The one with all speakers and sources (creatures feet...) ???? Also, this is the first time I hear binaural in that way. Maybe the most HRTF profile for me.. Will be happy to know which one is used.. ;) David

[@drstew1]

I love binaural recording I first experienced this in 2010 when this incredible guy I know who makes mind blowing stuff for people like a pair of rayban frames with windscreen wipers tiny motor they look great, any how he made these mics that you put in your ears. I wore mine connected to a Dat Machine and his to a Phillips voice recorder. I had no idea what to expect. But when we went back to his fun house of gadgets and toys he played it all to me. I was totally blown away I’ve never heard anything like it since this is good but what I experienced was on another level. We walked and talked with people in Victoria Park and Regents Canal under the little bridges the play back took me back there. This is sound nothing like your used to with normal playback. People with no sight would be totally engrossed…

[@capoman1]

The main thing is noticing MOVEMENT. If you put the guitarist behind me in a music mix, I wouldn't notice. If you had the guitarist walk around me, I'd notice.

[@michaelmcgee8543]

enjoyed!

[@KaisUK]

This is the best HRTF I've heard.

[@cheekypasta55]

Anyone know the link to the very last video in the final seconds? 360 video of like a dragon or something??

[@SquidkidMega]

are there any albums recorded in this format?.....that would sound amazing

[@johnguymer8063]

Radiohead have been doing this since the 90s

[@byebyebye9084]

that is pretty awesome

[@alexivanov55]

Hello from Russia guys! Back in the late seventies, in the youth magazine of the USSR «Yunyy tekhnik» (Юный техник - Young Technician), a detailed scheme was published for creating the construction of a plastic head with microphones inside the auricles for recording binaural sound.

[@7summerbeauty]

omg!! it's amazing I want to know everything about this!

[@bellavetiss]

you should watch the virtual Barber's haircut video

[@7summerbeauty]

hmm..okih I will try to watch it hope it isnt asmr x( like whispering lips smacking and that kinda stuff

[@bellavetiss]

Nope, it's not like that :)

[@7summerbeauty]

thank you dear x) I will watch it right now then (:

[@bellavetiss]

You're welcome! Tell me what you think about it after you watch it :3

[@SJPDurham]

Amazing.

[@UrMomGoes2College]

Right before you showed me the head I was thinking it would be cool to have it detailed down to a microphone inside a replicated human ear. And then, bam. They did it!

[@karmapolice5532]

Amazing

[@spiralsausage]

this ends in such a funny way

[@Molivi]

ANYBODY: what software do this super cool audio guy uses? program? ANYTHING?

[@justpeache.5274]

When he came next to my ear I flinched SO HARD

[@rodrigomunoz7222]

Es el mejor ASMR sin la intención de serlo

[@JMPM1]

Its scary how much technology has advanced

[@stevenfrost5960]

sorry have to say it is so cool too

[@d.b.c.t1m059]

While the BBC has created a nice tech demo for what is possible simulated 3d / binural audio has been in video games for years.

[@DjMindhacker]

binaural still only works with VR not with headphones if you turn your head with the sound wearing headpones it still turns with your head if a sound comes from the right and you turn ur head right it still turns with your head and stays on the right on not in the centre like with VR

[@b_d_vn9651]

Sounds so realistic... How does this compare to the spatial audio on Airpods? Is it better than this?

[@newvaguecity]

gotta love those unfazed lads with the cuppas

[@GIChow]

Anyone else getting the left and right channels reversed sometimes (checked my channels are correct with the left right test videos here on KZbin) with the dummy head section at 4:56

[@robertsandstorm4785]

goosebumps

[@calvinyip364]

The whisper made my ear itch lol

[@oliverhammer9173]

The snaps got me

[@breakupsong2541]

And this sound is now called as Spatial audio for VR.

[@roban201]

sound engineering is very interesting!

[@DarthEditous]

Does anyone else find they hear everything as being behind them, never in front? E.g. Spencer at 6:20 - in front of the camera, but sounds like he's behind me.

[@rudeskalamander]

That's trippy

[@cavetroll2]

does this not work for anyone else? I can't tell left vs right , but not front vs back.

[@youhateme8827]

I watched Jurassic World 3D in VR with 3D Audio and it was the best movie experience I ever experienced. The sound was amazingggggggg

[@thorn9382]

They had to sacrifice all the video quality to get the audio quality

[@funkymonkey1198]

As someone who spent thousands on a Dolby Atmos set up I just got fooled by the BBC and a 70 pound pair of headphones. Bravo

[@ChillwaveAudio]

It works

[@d3tach3d]

Those electrostatic headphones are the bomb and people see them and think theyre garbage. they are old but still worth $1000+ dollars

[@CharlesK441]

Awesome 👌 👏🏾

[@c-lexis8747]

love how the people in the background are just staring at him lmao

[@aaronjohnson4604]

LOL the most fun my ears have had

[@Zyphr--]

Close your eyes during the binaural part

[@s133p3r0]

No

[@EssieP]

okay, headphones are on, the sound is all inside my head.

[@devstev380]

With my M50X bluetooth adapter.. Awesome

[@railgap]

Content which depends upon audio quality, posted in 360P with complete disregard for KZbin's audio encoding limitations. Well done. *golf*clap*

[@ThomasJefferson-xc8wg]

i wanna hear what it sounds like

[@MrHamit64]

too cool.

[@elronman]

IIRC binaural audio is actually incredibly old. The real reason to it only coming out now is this, huge stupid corporate finger in the pie, thing just being lifted.

[@hzubovi1]

Is that the 3 dio Free Space Pro Mic?

[@DJHeroMasta]

Fuck me! I fell asleep with my headphones on and woke up to you snapping in my ear. I nearly woke up swinging as I'm home alone.