Sharing locations where binaural sound externally localizes
View Patent ↗A method processes binaural sound to externally localize to a first user at a first location. This location is shared such that an electronic device processes the binaural sound to externally localize to a second user at a second location. The first and second locations occur at a same or similar location such that the first and second users hear the binaural sound as originating from the same or similar location.
1. A method comprising:
processing, with a first wearable electronic device (WED) worn on a head of a first user, sound to externally localize at a coordinate location as binaural sound outside the head of the first user;
transmitting, from a server in communication with the first WED and with the second WED, the coordinate location to the second WED;
processing, with the second WED worn on the head of the second user, the sound with the coordinate location so the binaural sound externally localizes to the first and second users at a same location; and
simultaneously displaying, with a display of the first WED and with a display of the second WED, an augmented reality (AR) image or a virtual reality (VR) image at the same location.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
simultaneously playing, with the first WED and the second WED, the binaural sound that externally localizes to the first user and to the second user at the same location.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the coordinate location includes where the first WED is located in a physical environment where the first WED and the second WED are located.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
verifying that both the first WED and the second WED provide the binaural sound to originate from the same location.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the coordinate location includes where the first WED is located in a virtual environment where the first user and the second user are located.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the coordinate location includes where a physical object is located in a physical environment where the first WED and the second WED display a virtual image.
7. A method comprising:
processing, with a first wearable electronic device (WED) worn on a head of a first listener, sound that externally localizes as binaural sound to a location in empty space outside the head of the first listener;
sharing, with a second WED worn on a head of a second listener, information that includes the location where the binaural sound is processed for the first listener;
processing, with the second WED worn on the head of the second listener, the sound with the information so the binaural sound externally localizes to the second listener at the location in empty space where the binaural sound also externally localizes to the first listener; and
verifying a sound localization point (SLP) where the first WED provides the binaural sound to the first listener is a same location as a SLP where the second WED provides the binaural sound to the second listener.
8. The method of claim 7 further comprising:
displaying, with the first WED and the second WED, a virtual image of a person at the location in empty space where the binaural sound externally localizes to both the first and second listeners, and the binaural sound is a voice of the person.
9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the information includes coordinates where a virtual image is being displayed to the first listener with the first WED.
10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the information includes coordinates of a physical object where a virtual image is being displayed to the first listener.
11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the information includes a location in virtual reality (VR) where the first WED processes the sound to originate as the binaural sound to the first listener.
12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the information includes a location in a physical environment where the binaural sound is processed to originate for the first listener.
13. An electronic system comprising:
a first wearable electronic device (WED) that is worn on a head of a first user and that includes a processor that processes sound that externally localizes as binaural sound to a sound localization point (SLP) in empty space outside the head of the first user and a transmitter that transmits the SLP for the binaural sound; and
a second WED that is worn on a head of a second user and that includes a receiver that receives the SLP for the binaural sound and a processor that processes the sound that externally localizes as the binaural sound to the second user at the SLP in empty space where the binaural sound also externally localizes to the first user,
wherein the first and second WEDs share information so the binaural sound continues to originate from a same location in a virtual location or a physical location where the first and second users are located while the first and second users change head orientations and move in the virtual location or the physical location.
14. The electronic system of claim 13 , wherein the SLP occurs at an augmented reality (AR) image or a virtual reality (VR) image from where the binaural sound originates to both the first user and to the second user.
15. The electronic system of claim 13 , wherein the second WED receives the information from a server, the information includes the SLP, and the second WED calculates, from the information, where to process the sound so the first user and the second user hear the binaural sound originate from the same location.
16. The electronic system of claim 13 , wherein the first and second WEDs share headtracking information to maintain the binaural sound originating from the same location to the first and second users while the first and second users move.