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SRSL - (SRS Labs Inc.)

similar to a lot of other people who are mathematically oriented,
I also have an interest in the mathematics of music,
and sometimes I play around with trying to put together some music.

my nephew, who, like a lot of younger people,
is interested in video gaming,
told me about SRS Labs Inc.

even though I consider myself to be kind of knowlegeable about audio,
I was not familiar with the company

I knew about Dolby Labs, and their surround sound processing;
a lot of movie theaters and DVDs are encoded with Dolby sound.

cnet has a blog about SRS Lab's "SRS Wow HD"
which includes "SRS 3D" which SRS Labs calls "wide stereo imaging"
http://reviews.cnet.com/4531-10921_7-6384149.html

the SRS Labs website has some online demos
http://www.srslabs.com/demosmain1300.asp

when I started researching into what their technology was all about,
I realized that SRS Labs was formed in 1993
from the audio division of the Hughes Aircraft Company
and the company now holds more than a hundred patents

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRS_Labs

if I'm not mistaken, I believe that is an audio technology
which I have heard about previously

my understanding is that the military contracted out
for the development of audio technology
for high tech jet pilots

problem is that piloting such aircraft at high speed
requires quite full attention with minimal distraction;
(looking away to try to read a radar screen
is such an unfavorable distraction)

the audio solution was to develop sophisticated audio technology
with which the high tech pilot could hear audible signals
about other aircraft

to be successful, the audio technology had to be quite good at
"spatial positioning" so that the pilot would be able to
correctly perceive 3D direction (relative to the pilot)

that might explain why Hughes Aircraft audio technology
might have potential in video gaming