Traverse

TRAVERSE is a mobile platform for creating spatial audio experiences that makes listening 6 dimensional. It has featured at multiple festivals around the world including SXSW, Sonaar and Tribeca Film Festival.

In partnership with Vrai Pictures & Bose

Release

2019

Capabilities

Technology

Product Development
Experience Design
Software Engineering
Real-Time
AR, VR

Proprietary Spatial Audio Pipeline
Swift
Unity
GLSL
MACH1

Opportunity

In 2019 Bose released the first AR enabled headphones, their mission was to build relationships with the developer community and enable a new era of spatial audio applications and experiences that could be leveraged across different markets and future hardware.

Prior to launch, Superbright in partnership with Vrai Pictures were commisioned by Bose to develop a spatial audio experience that leveraged 6DOF Augmented Reality technology and create a completely new way of experiencing music & sound, one that allowed the listener to be present within the audio space as it was originally recorded.

Solution

Superbright designed and developed a unique 6Dof Spatial Audio application that allows listeners to 'walk through' sound using an AR enabled mobile device guided by an intuitive 2D audio map. This was the inception point for the Traverse platform.

The application works by combining sensor fusion data from the gyroscope on the headphones with the sensors on your mobile phone, to calculate the position and direction of the user against the audio source, creating an audio only augmentation delivering an experience akin to walking within the music.

Our seamless UX provides effortless onboarding and allows users to easily calibrate their physical spaces up to a 10mx10m scale experience environment at home or at live music/festival environments. The application then maps the individual component tracks of a piece of music to within the calibrated space, mimicking how it was recorded in real life allowing you to explore each individual music stem.

Into The Light - Supercut

Output

Since it's inception, The Traverse Platform has featured in multiple festivals around the world including SXSW, Sonaar and Tribeca Film Festival delivering audio experiences that range from classical to rock n roll, featuring artists such as YoYo Ma, Elvis, Sougwen Chung, Gadi Sassoon and more.

Spatial Audio is a significant step forward in how we all experience music / SFX ranging from home theatre to mobile, now more than ever with Apple's recent update to support spatial and Dolby Atmos.

Traverse is a product that we continue to develop, aiming to support both the creation and deployment of unique audio-first, Augmented Reality experiences. If you are interested in testing our beta platform, please do contact us at hello@superbright.me and we can arrange access.