# 3D-Recording Headsets The Sennheiser Ambeo Smart Headset Records Binaural Sound By Joey Haar | Published 2017-05-08 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ambeo-smart-headset References: [news.hummingbirdmedia](https://news.hummingbirdmedia.com/capture-your-world-in-3d-audio) VR is assumptively a visual media -- the immediate association people draw is of users with headsets strapped over their eyes -- but the Ambeo Smart Headset from [Sennheiser](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sennheiser-ambeo-soundbar-plus) is a device for addressing the aural aspect. It's the first ever piece of equipment that allows the average consumer to record binaural audio (better known as 3D audio) on a simple, compact device. When watching a traditional, two-dimensional film or TV show, sound is usually split between left and right channels, with little more detail than that (unless the consumer has doled out for a serious surround sound system, and even then the field is only expanded along a single plane.) Binaural sound drastically increases the potential for sound, bringing sounds above, below, or on either side -- the same dynamism as sound in real life. The Sennheiser Ambeo Smart Headset is a means for capturing that. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 0.7/10 - Popularity: 3% | Activity: 10% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Gadgets](https://www.trendhunter.com/gadgets) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Binaural Recording:** The rise of binaural recording technology presents an disruptive innovation opportunity for audio production companies to create immersive sound experiences. - **3D Audio:** The Ambeo Smart Headset from Sennheiser signals a key milestone in the development of 3D audio, which opens up new opportunities for VR, gaming, and music industries. - **Consumer Audio Recording:** The Sennheiser Ambeo Smart Headset is a prime example of how consumer technology is making professional-quality audio recording more accessible to non-professionals. ### Who This Affects Most - **Audio Production:** The binaural recording trend offers new opportunities for audio production companies to create new audio products or services that provide unique immersive experiences to customers. - **Virtual Reality:** The 3D audio technology has a disruptively powerful opportunity to help VR content creators deliver more immersive and realistic experiences to users. - **Music Production:** The trend of consumer-friendly audio recording technologies has the potential to create a disruptive innovation opportunity for the music industry, enabling musicians to create more sophisticated recordings on a budget. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Augmented Reality Headphones Systems](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/augmented-reality-headphones.md) - [Immersive All-in-One Soundbars](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sennheiser-ambeo-soundbar-plus.md) - [Wearable Private Media Hubs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/perisphere.md) - [Smart Beaming Speakers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/noveto-n1.md) - [Semantic Hearing Headphones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hearvana-ai.md) - [Hybrid Camera Headphones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/musiccam.md) - [3D-Printed IEM Headphones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ie-600.md) - [Virtual Three-DImensional Audio Headphones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/zen-air-sxfi.md) - [3D Streaming Camera Models](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/acer-spatiallabs-stereo-eyes.md)