2016年年底，通過無處不在的個人音樂服務，人們終於得以窺探未來生活的冰山一角。Bose、Sonos和Spotify等公司攜起手來，這意味著用戶在辦公室播放的音樂將一路跟隨他進入汽車，再走進家中，而其間不會漏掉任何節拍。
現在，真正的革命也遠比音樂更為宏大。作為設計、工程和智能製造的領軍企業，偉創力消費技術集團總裁邁克·丹尼森（Mike Dennison）表示：「聲音已經成為個人與環境之間的互動形式，它不僅意味著調高立體聲音響的音量，還意味著人們與環境互動以及環境對其的反應體現。」
電影製作人正在嘗試使用新的格式，去以新的方式使用聲音。丹麥音頻軟體公司AM3D在頭盔使用聲音幫助消防員在煙霧瀰漫的環境中找到隊友。聲音能改善患者在醫院的復原速度。音樂品牌Man Made Music的喬爾·貝克曼（Joel Beckerman）稱，「使用沉浸式音頻系統為慢性疼痛患者治療一小時後，患者稱一天下來的疼痛感覺減輕了40%。」多年來，汽車製造商都意圖使用特殊材料製造隔音艙。今天，他們也在使用更多的聲音技術打造安靜的駕駛體驗。
人工智慧是聲音技術的下一個大風口，而品牌為了達到這風口正展開了一場角逐。邁克·丹尼森（Mike Dennison）表示，「究竟是蘋果創造出了最好的聲音體驗，還是Bose創造出了最好的連接體驗？事實上，他們都在從兩個方向解決問題。而很多人則認為，聲音將是實現這一目標的捷徑。」
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#FlexIoT: The Sound Barrier
By the end of 2016, we finally got a glimpse of life with a personal soundtrack that follows us everywhere. Companies including Bose, Sonos, and Spotify got friendly and linked up, meaning the music a listener cues up at the office could follow him to his car, then right into his home without skipping a beat.
The real revolution is way bigger than music now, too. 「Sound is now an interactive experience between the individual and their environment,」 says Mike Dennison, president of the Consumer Technologies Group for the design, engineering, and smart manufacturing company Flex, 「and it’s more than just turning up a dial on a stereo. Sound is how you engage with your environment and how it engages you back.」
Filmmakers are using sound in new ways as they experiment with new formats. The Danish audio software company AM3D uses it in a helmet to aid firefighters in smoke-filled environments. Sound can also influence the healing process in hospitals. 「If you give chronic-pain patients a one-hour treatment in an immersive sound system, they report feeling 40% less pain for the whole day,」 Joel Beckerman of Man Made Music says. For years, auto manufacturers have used materials to soundproof cabins. Today they use much more sound technology to create a sense of quiet in your ride.
The next frontier for sound is now artificial intelligence, and there is a race to get to this frontier. 「Does Apple create the best sound experience or does Bose create the most connected experience? They’re coming at it from two directions. And I think a lot of people would say the sound guys could get there faster,」 says Mike Dennison.
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