The new VRaudio earbuds were worth the increased subscription. Sounds to the left of me, jokes to the right, podcasts that had been wallpaper were now binaural journeys. And then there were the extra stats. Heart Rate, stress levels, respiration all changing depending on the podcast episode she was listening to. Watching “The Guilty Feminist” raise her heart rate gave her a certain satisfaction. It’d be fun to have a look at how she’d felt about that new serial, she’d thought it was good but was it as stressful as last week’s episode? Wait, the app seemed to uploading something.
It took some getting used to but the upgrade was worth it. Virtual Audio Reality really did create a sonic experience. Sounds to the left of me, jokes to the right, podcasts that had been wallpaper for her commute were now surround sound worlds, binaural journies. Whether it was debates bouncing from left to right or dramas with foreground and background, yes the new earbuds were worth the increased subscription.
And as she jogged to work of course she got the extra stats. She’d had to do her normal run with no audio first… something to do with benchmarking and calibration but now she got the best of both worlds.
On her app she could see the Heart Rate, stress levels, Pulse Ox, respiration and other pseudo medical markers and of course map tracks ready to post as self-congratulatory Instagram posts with stars and prize overlays. But she loved the fact she could flick a switch and watch how those stats changed depending on the podcast episode she was listening to. Watching “The Guilty Feminist” raise her heart rate gave her a certain satisfaction. Or maybe it had been that, according the map, that’s where she passed that billboard for that new Dove lotion…
Oo it’d be fun to have a look at how she’d felt about that new drama serial, she’d thought it was good but was it as stressful as last week’s episode?… oh hang on, the app seemed to uploading something.