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Apparatus for the creation of a desirable acoustical virtual reality

  • US 6,075,868 A
  • Filed: 12/08/1997
  • Issued: 06/13/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/21/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for the creation of an immersive acoustic environment, comprising:

  • a seat having a left side and a right side, said seat including;

    a seat back having a back support surface, anda seat base having a base support surface, said seat back and said seat base joining along a joint line, said seat base extending from said joint line to a front end; and

    ,a sound system including a plurality of sound drivers, part of said sound system being integral to or attached to said seat during use, said sound system including;

    a pair of said drivers connected to said seat substantially symmetrically about a sagittal plane separating said left and right sides, anda third of said drivers positioned toward said front end and substantially coincident with said sagittal plane;

    whereby said sound system generates an immersive acoustic environment for a user seated in said seat by providing acoustic sources to the left and right of the seated user in the form of said pair of said drivers and an acoustic source in the form of said third of said drivers along the sagittal plane of the seat that substantially coincides with a central sagittal axis of the user.

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