• @[email protected]
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    4 months ago

    This was true for TVs until it wasn’t.

    Edit: apparently some young whippersnappers don’t know TVs used to be mono before they were stereo, and now some TVs even have spatial sound.

    • @thedirtyknapkin
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      4 months ago

      i mean, people have innovated in the areas they care already.

      no one really cares that much about audio on phone calls. as long as they’re understandable.

      people added video because it adds to the communication. spatial audio will not. it will only become common if one or two of these mega corps decide to shoehorn it into ever device. not because people actually want it or care.

      might be a lucrative patent if we ever get holograms though

      • @[email protected]
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        54 months ago

        … You realize this has been innovated because someone cares, right?

        Like this is such a silly argument. “Why would we make cars not use steam? If people cared about it we would have already innovated!”

        • @thedirtyknapkin
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          -24 months ago

          it’s not that it shouldn’t be done, I’m just predicting it’s going to flop.

      • @[email protected]
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        24 months ago

        i mean, people have innovated in the areas they care already

        so you are saying that all the innovation and research should be stopped, because if we care about any specific problem, it is already solved, and if it isn’t, it is proof we don’t care? 😆

        that… is not how it works.

        • @thedirtyknapkin
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          -14 months ago

          I’m not saying it shouldn’t be done, I’m just predicting it’s going to flop.

          • @[email protected]
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            24 months ago

            yeah, because in the world of audio/video content, who would care about quality of sound, right?

            and even if people would actually not care, it still doesn’t mean that someone won’t be able to sell it to them.

      • @Grimy
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        4 months ago

        You don’t need the tv for the surround sound, the speakers fit inside tiny devices you can put near each ear.

      • @[email protected]
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        14 months ago

        You can stream your video call to a TV right now, and spatial sound could help match the movement of the people on screen if the phone was stationary for a more immersive call.

        No need to haul anything around, just some creative thinking.