I remember in 2003, or so, when EAX was touted to reduce the load on the CPU in demanding gaming. The sound cards would have a DSP to take care of all that sound stuff. The Xbox and Soundstorm ...

I am a current owner of a XFI XtremeMusic sound card looking for the best possible accuracy in regards to positional sound. I know the XFI supports EAX 5.0 but don't see anything about A3D. Does A3D ...

One week ago, I finally understood why Facebook spent $2 billion on a virtual reality company. It was all thanks to AltSpaceVR, which gave me an immersive demonstration of their virtual social spaces ...

When you imagine virtual reality, chances are you’ve got visuals in mind. Or maybe you fantasize about a virtual sense of touch. Another key component? Immersive audio. Tom Simonite of MIT Technology ...

At CES 2017, I poked at the first-ever AMD Ryzen systems, played Witcher 3 on a MacBook, and witnessed bombastic tricked-out PCs by the dozen. But nothing impressed me as much as trying Ossic’s ...

Surround-sound systems are great for playing games and watching movies when you're in the "sweet spot" of focused audio. When you're sitting off-center, however, the audio sounds less like ...

Razer on Thursday announced the next version of its venerable BlackShark gaming headset, the BlackShark V2, leveraging a partnership with THX to provide spatial-audio profiles for gaming using ...