Sennheiser And Magic Leap Reveal AMBEO AR One Spatial Audio Headphones

In September, audio equipment company Sennheiser announced it was working with mixed reality (MR) company Magic Leap to bring spatial audio to the Magic Leap headset. Now the two companies have revealed the first product to come from this partnership – the AMBEO AR One in-ear headphones.Sennheiser’s AMBEO technology I said to work like an audio version of augmented reality (AR) in that it allows real-world sounds to be blended in to the sound from the headphones, a development that Sennheiser refers to as ‘Transparent Hearing’.The blending of virtual 3D sound with real-world acoustics is made possible as a configurable extension of Sennheiser’s existing active noise cancellation technology, which is usually used in headphones to eliminate outside noise.The new in-ear headphones are described as: “The first spatial listening accessory to receive official certification by Magic Leap.” indicating that the headphones have been specifically designed to complement the mixed reality experiences available on the Magic Leap One headset.