New Facebook Reality Labs Research Suggests AR Could Enhance Hearing Aid Performance
Augmented reality (AR) has the potential to improve our daily lives, radically changing the ways we work, play, and connect with each other. And sound plays a crucial role. According to a new paper from Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) Research, AR could help “enhance” hearing aids to help people become more socially engaged and stay connected with…
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Facebook Investigating Augmented Reality Glasses for Enhanced Hearing
Facebook recently announced that they are researching technology that “would be able to recognize different types of events happening around you such as people having conversations, air conditioning noise, dishes and silverware clanking. Using contextualized AI, the augmented reality glasses would be able to make smart decisions, like removing the distracting background noise. The research…
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Facebook Seeking Research Audiologist
Facebook has piqued the interest of the hearing healthcare community with a recent job posting, which states the company is seeking a research audiologist for Facebook’s Redmond, Washington campus. According to details from the job listing: “This role is focused on evaluating advanced algorithms, signal processing techniques, and be key in fitting and programming these…
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