Waves Audio unveils motion-sensing headset for 3D listening experience

Waves Audio has been creating 3D audio experiences for professional sound engineers for a couple of decades. Now it is launching a consumer product, Waves Nx, that uses a motion sensor to deliver better-quality 3D audio experiences.

With the motion sensor added, Waves Audio can deliver a better experience that gets rid of the “sweet spot” in a home theater system, said Tomer Elbaz, executive vice president and general manager for the consumer electronics division at Waves Audio, in an interview with GamesBeat.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.