"Entrim 4D" headphones for VR that directly stimulates equilibrium sense to obtain a real immersive feeling appeared

VR headset using smartphone developed jointly with Oculus "Gear VR"Samsung who sells it directly to VR's sense of equilibrium to obtain realism beyond realism" Headphones dedicated to VR "Entrim 4DWe announced. It is a new mechanism completely different from the so-called 3D surround.

Samsung to Unveil Hum On !, Waffle and Entrim 4D Experimental C-Lab Projects at SXSW 2016 | Samsung Newsroom

Samsung to Unveil Hum On !, Waffle and Entrim 4D Experimental C-Lab Projects at SXSW 2016 | Samsung Newsroom
https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-to-unveil-hum-on-waffle-and-entrim-4d-experimental-c-lab-projects-at-sxsw-2016

You can check the image of what happens with Entrim 4D in the following movie.

Entrim 4D - YouTube


Smartphone type VR headset Gear VR installed.


However, in this state, you can only hear the sound from the speaker of the smartphone, and it lacks realism.


That's where the headphones dedicated to VR headsets "Entrim 4D"


Entrim 4D is an ear of the sense of balanceFront yardThe direct audio system exclusive for VR which can enhance the presence feeling by directly stimulating the part called is carried.


Entrim 4D Comparative experiment by ant (left) and pear (right) started.


It seems that I am watching a drive image of a car. Entrim 4D ant is considerably larger reaction.


Not only does Entrim 4D reproduce the sound from the surround simply, it can also control the sense of equilibrium according to the image by sending an electric signal to the vestibule and stimulating it by way of galvanic vestibular stimulation.


If there is Entrim 4D which can virtually reproduce the state of equilibrium feeling as if it is in video, if there is Entrim 4D, it is possible to reproduce moving contents without using a large-scale device such as a motion chair which physically reproduces inclination and rotation You can do it.


According to Samsung, in order to realize the best VR experience, it is necessary to reproduce movement such as inclination and rotation in addition to video and sound. Samsung 's internal development team Creative Lab has already announced that it has developed about 30 types of movements under the cooperation of 1,500 subjects for the development of Entrim 4D. Some people sometimes become "VR sickness" which causes nausea, dizziness and headache peculiar to VR headset by using Entrim 4D.


Entrim 4D expressed by Creative Lab is still in the process of being developed as if it feels like flying in a drone, but in order to obtain a more realistic sensation with VR content, headphones dedicated to VR are successively And it seems to appear.