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March 2017
Technology
How Dolby Is Using Biosensors to Help Produce
Better Movies andTV Shows
In 1965, Ray Dolby founded the audio-enhancing technology company that
would bear his name. Over five decades later, while that remains its primary
domain, Dolby has branched out into video – at the cinema with projection
systems – and even virtual reality. But it’s doing more.
Inside a darkened, sound-proofed living room – which Dolby has dubbed the
‘Biophysical Lab’ – the company’s team of scientists use a variety of biosensors,
including a 64-channel EEG cap to monitor brain activity, a pulse oximeter for
heart-rate, a wrist sensor that measured galvanic skin response – sweat glands
and nervous system – and a thermal imaging camera to track responses to emo-
tional stimuli.
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