Virtual Barber Shop (Audio...use headphones, close ur eyes)

What it is

A binaural audio demo, the 'Virtual Barber Shop', that places a barber moving around your head. It works best with headphones and closed eyes.

It is the classic demo HN people point to for showing positional 3D audio working on ordinary headphones.

“try this 3d demo. And don't forget to close your eyes.”
3D audio demo to try on ordinary stereo headphones.
deletes, 2014-03 · Recommendation · in “Sony announces Project Morpheus, a virtual reality headset coming to PS4”
“recording that works with the cheapest of headphones”
Classic recording where you hear someone moving around, on cheap headphones.
oberstein, 2015-11 · Recommendation · in “24/192 music downloads make no sense”
“Listen to this with headphones”
Shows how well sound sources can be located from a recording.
kuschku, 2016-06 · Recommendation · in “The Daredevil Camera”
“Give this a try with any normal headphone”
Demo of binaural audio adding a dimension to sound.
aaomidi, 2021-06 · Recommendation · in “Spatial Audio”

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Topics: 3d audio, headphones, hrtf, spatial audio, qsound