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Apple Licenses Latest Audio Technology
From Spatializer
WOODLAND HILLS and CUPERTINO, Calif., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Apple Computer, Inc.
(Nasdaq: AAPL - news) has licensed Spatializer Audio Laboratories' (OTC Bulletin Board: SPAZ - news)
3-D Stereo, N-2-2, enCompass and Vi.B.E. audio software technologies, both companies announced
today. Apple plans to integrate Spatializer's next-generation audio software into its PowerBook, iMac and
Power Macintosh product lines later this year. With this agreement, Apple became the first licensee of
Spatializer's new virtual bass enhancement technology, Vi.B.E., demonstrated at CES earlier this month.
Spatializer technologies are used by consumer electronics manufacturers, leading recording artists and
multimedia companies around the world. The licensed technologies include:
* 3-D Stereo, a stereo expansion technology that accepts
stereo input and provides the customer with the intensity
and drama of an enhanced sound field from only two
speakers;
* N-2-2, Spatializer's flagship HRTF-based virtualization
technology that provides realistic multi-channel surround
sound playback from just two conventional speakers or
headphones, instead of the standard five or more speakers
normally required;
* enCompass, an interactive 3-D audio positioning technology
that precisely localizes multiple sound source over wide
three-dimensional spaces, enhancing the customer experience
for games and multimedia software;
* Vi.B.E., Spatializer's latest virtual bass enhancement
technology, designed to significantly improve the
perception of low frequency audio from all types of
multimedia and consumer speakers.
Apple Computer, Inc. ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II, and
reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is now recommitted to its original
mission -- to bring the best personal computing products and support to students, educators, designers,
scientists, engineers, businesspersons and consumers in over 140 countries around the world.
Spatializer Audio Laboratories, Inc. is a leading developer, licensor, and marketer of next-generation
technologies for the consumer electronics, computing and entertainment industries. The company's
advanced audio technology is incorporated into consumer electronics audio, video and DVD products from
global brand leaders including Toshiba, Panasonic, Hitachi, Sharp, Sanyo and Proton and in PC multimedia
systems and peripherals from Compaq, AST, Dell, Gateway 2000, Fujitsu, Seiko-Epson, NEC, Micron
and Labtec.
Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, PowerBook, iMac and Power Macintosh are registered trademarks of
Apple Computer, Inc. Additional company and product names may be trademarks or registered
trademarks of the individual companies and are respectfully acknowledged.
SOURCE: Apple Computer, Inc.; Spatializer Audio Laboratories, Inc.
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