690607 news 1780423850 1784918471 <![CDATA[Taking a Cue From Horror Movies: When Music Tells You What’s Coming]]> Georgia Tech researchers have developed Spherephones, a wearable system that uses spatialized music instead of alarms to help people anticipate movement around them — such as approaching robots — by conveying direction, distance, and timing through sound. Created in the Robotic Musicianship Lab, the technology aims to improve safety and awareness in human-robot environments while also showing promise for applications in virtual reality, gaming, and assistive navigation.

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]]> 2026-06-17T00:00:00-04:00 Georgia Tech researchers have developed Spherephones, a wearable system that uses spatialized music instead of alarms to help people anticipate movement around them — such as approaching robots — by conveying direction, distance, and timing through sound. Created in the Robotic Musicianship Lab, the technology aims to improve safety and awareness in human-robot environments while also showing promise for applications in virtual reality, gaming, and assistive navigation.

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]]> 680407 image <![CDATA[Spherephones headset with a robotic arm]]> Robotic arm holds a prototype Spherephones headset, a Georgia Tech–developed wearable that uses spatialized sound to help users anticipate movement around them.

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