Philips PSC60417 Release Note page 8

Joe also likes to interact with other people online.
While the music is playing, he uses his PC
microphone to talk with his online gaming friends
via software that provides IP based Internet chat.
His friends create mono voice streams that are
processed by Sound Agent's QMSS 5.1 technology
that is mixed with the other multi-channel
streams and" localized", so Joe feels like the
voices of his friends are immersed in the actual
soundtrack of his online adventures.
In the midst of all this, Joe's friend Mike steps into
his room and asks if Joe wants to check out his
new Spiderman® DVD. Joe, not wanting to exit
his online game and playlist -- but who wants to
see the DVD -- reduces the music volume, then
launches a multi-channel software DVD player
and plays the first chapter of Spiderman. Again,
rendered through Sound Agent 2 in enhanced 5.1-
channel QSurround, Joe adds a reverb Theater
preset via QSound's Environmental Modeling
(QEM) technology to the DVD playback. The
result is a custom, in-the-theater like experience.
As Joe and Mike watch Spiderman, Joe is still
monitoring his game in the background to make
sure he is "in the action"...
No other sound card manufacturer today can address
such input and output complexity.
Platform strategy extends to other products.
IMP is a software architecture that can be utilized in a
wide range of consumer devices. With powerful,
affordable products emerging for home use including
servers (PC and otherwise), wireless media, new TV
sets, web tablets or "smart displays", the home
environment will become increasingly complex and
diverse. Sound Agent 2, and the underlying IMP
technology, represents an important and highly
extendable user interface platform for this increasing
broad range of home entertainment products.
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