Audio and Acoustics Research Group
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In the news | MIT Technology Review
Microsoft’s 3-D Audio Gives Virtual Objects a Voice
Headphones that make sounds seem to come from specific points in space could be the perfect counterpoint to virtual reality goggles.
Audio Advances Help Xbox One Determine Signal from Noise
Tweet Posted by Rob Knies You might remember Ivan Tashev as the researcher behind the audio technology that helped to make Kinect for Xbox 360 such a marketplace sensation a couple of years ago. Now, with Xbox One headed for…
In the news | Microsoft Research Luminaries
Ivan Tashev Helps Makes Microsoft Sound Great [Video]
It’s Ivan’s job to make sure every audio device from Microsoft sounds as perfect as possible. He spends much of his time testing every nuance of our audio components within the total silence of one of our anechoic chambers. These…
In the news | ITA 2012
Keynote by Ivan Tashev | Optimizing Kinect: Audio and Acoustics [Video]
Keynote by Ivan Tashev from Microsoft Research at ITA 2012 on Optimizing Kinect: Audio and Acoustics
In the news | Microsoft | The AI Blog
Tellme and the Voice of Kinect
The Xbox team worked with one of the company’s senior researchers, Ivan Tashev, to “purify” the audio signal and allow our speech-recognition platform to do its job despite the often spacious and noisy characteristics of many people’s living rooms. As…
Kinect Audio: Preparedness Pays Off
By Rob Knies, Senior Editor, Microsoft Research It always helps to be prepared. Just ask Ivan Tashev. A principal software architect in the Speech group at Microsoft Research Redmond, Tashev played an integral role in developing the audio technology that…
In the news | Channel 9 Live at MIX11
MSR NUI Panel with Curtis Wong & Ivan Tashev [Video]
This MSR NUI Panel with Curtis Wong & Ivan Tashev was recorded live as part of Channel 9 Live at MIX11 on April 13th 2011.