Thanks! I don't get to work on it as much as I'd like but I literally fantasize about it existing every day. Just being able to turn stuff down as needed. Sheesh.
I've been told by a few people that bone conduction noise canceling is impossible, but I beg to differ. I did a patent search the other day and it looks like Apple filed a patent on some bone conduction noise canceling headset concepts that use accelerometers[1] and so did another company I've never heard of[2]. Also in 2002 the us government funded a $100,000 research grant for it[3]. I do a lot of AR/VR R&D, I have for about 10 years. I'm pretty convinced that selective sound isolation with bone conduction headsets is crucial to a good AR experience too but at the end of the day I'd just like to be able to go to a social gathering without a performance hangover or not want to kill my buddy because his jaw clicks when he eats.
I've been told by a few people that bone conduction noise canceling is impossible, but I beg to differ. I did a patent search the other day and it looks like Apple filed a patent on some bone conduction noise canceling headset concepts that use accelerometers[1] and so did another company I've never heard of[2]. Also in 2002 the us government funded a $100,000 research grant for it[3]. I do a lot of AR/VR R&D, I have for about 10 years. I'm pretty convinced that selective sound isolation with bone conduction headsets is crucial to a good AR experience too but at the end of the day I'd just like to be able to go to a social gathering without a performance hangover or not want to kill my buddy because his jaw clicks when he eats.
[1] http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/08/27/apple-researching-...
[2] https://patents.google.com/patent/US20150170633
[3] https://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/detail/306044