'What we achieved for this ANC headrest/chair is that the ANC performance is significantly improved over the current state-of-the-art result. For machinery and equipment operators, it provides a solution that reduces fatigue often caused by enclosed wearable headphones. So, in an open plan or home office, you can cancel out colleagues' chatter, ringing phones, the neigbour's mower, the dog barking, and the kettle whistling while you work without the discomfort / inconvenience of a set of headphones.Īnd, in enclosed spaces such as cars and aircraft, the virtual headset can significantly reduce all the extraneous noises that can enter the environment, decreasing distractions and making work/rest easier.

Reporting in the journal Scientific Reports (a Nature Springer publication), the team of Tong Xiao, Xiaojun Qiu and Benjamin Halkon highlight the positive impacts for health and wellbeing of their 'virtual Active Noise Control/Cancellation (ANC) headphone' and its enhanced ability to reduce ambient noise.īy integrating laser-based technology - which can deal with high frequencies - into headrests they eliminate the need for users to wear head/ear phones or buds. Researchers from the Centre for Audio, Acoustics and Vibration at the University of Technology Sydney are exploring technology for those wanting a quieter life! Image: The ANC headphone system has significantly better performance than any other virtual error sensing solution view more

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