Audio technology company, Audiokinetic Inc has revealed its contribution towards revolutionizing the audio experience for CHANGAN Automobile’s NEVO E07 electric vehicle by implementing the Wwise Automotive audio engine that helps set a new level of benchmarks in providing in-car sound. It really is an important step towards enhancing audio environments within a vehicle.
Wwise Automotive supports the driver in CHANGAN with spatial alerts, giving him real-time directional sound warnings that enhance situational awareness and safety in road travel. Through intuitive interactive sound design, accidents can now be responded to so seamlessly, thus making the driving experience more informative and engaging.
But safety-oriented sound is not all. The NEVO E07 also supports ride sonification. This system is real time adaptive to different driving conditions, that is, dynamically changing soundscapes depending on speed, road type and driving manner, for instance. It gives every ride a new means of entertainment, making it more enjoyable by tailoring feedback in audio relative to the journey.
One unique capability is producing the sound of an engine, which is a crucial function in electric vehicles where the sound of an engine is absent. Wwise Automotive gives the ability to configure sound profiles that create an engine-like quality within the car with added driver sensory experience. Furthermore, technology like this creates a distinguishing audible signature on the outside, contributing to pedestrian safety and creating a CHANGAN identity.
As Senior Director of Innovation for Audiokinetic, François Thibault explains that the solution by the company, Wwise, is vital to delivering “informative and intuitive user experiences” in combination with functional and entertaining audio, integrated with the vehicle’s digital instrument cluster and Android-based infotainment. Wwise Automotive lets CHANGAN audio designers work more freely, independent of the constraints imposed by the engineers, in pursuit of impactful audio.
According to Audiokinetic CEO Martin H. Klein, this partnership puts the user experience of CHANGAN into new dimensions and heightens safety while unleashing creative innovation, which is an added new benchmark in industry performance for interactive audio in electric vehicles.
