At NAMM, Brandenburg Labs will be introducing Okeanos Pro in the US, the groundbreaking first headphones-based sound-over-headphones augmented reality professional audio mixing and education system that delivers a truly immersive augmented reality listening experience via headphones with 16 virtual loudspeakers.
Okeanos Pro marks the debut of Brandenburg Labs’ cutting-edge headphone-based Okeanos Systems, a product line powered by Brandenburg’s innovative Deep Dive Audio (DDA) technology. This advanced headphone system is designed to deliver an unparalleled listening experience for professionals, offering a versatile and high-quality solution and simplifying multichannel mixing by eliminating the need for traditional physical speaker setups. With Okeanos Pro, switching between different formats is effortless, requiring just a single click.
Okeanos Pro features up to 16 virtual loudspeakers that simulate real loudspeakers, fully immersing users in a rich audio environment. This groundbreaking technology provides audio engineers with the ability to experience their content as if they were surrounded by actual loudspeakers, supporting all currently available multi-channel formats, and allowing switching within seconds. The system integrates seamlessly with studio hardware via standard Audio over IP (AoIP) connectivity solutions, such as Dante and Ravenna.
Okeanos Pro Features:
- Accurately simulates virtual multichannel sound sources in any studio with unparalleled flexibility, thanks to the independence from physical speakers and room configurations.
- Allows the evaluation of different loudspeakers virtually and simulates unique directivity patterns.
- Directivity Transfer Function (DTF) Editor: Enables users to adjust the directivity of virtual sound sources at six cardinal positions: front, back, left, right, top, and bottom.
- 360 degrees of coverage: Points between the cardinal positions are interpolated at 10-degree intervals.
- Adjustable directivities: with an editor for creating custom configurations.
- 96kHz sampling rate.
- Increased channel count.
- Over-the-air updates: Convenient and timely updates to the system’s software ensure the system stays up-to-date with the latest features and improvements.
- Affordably priced: MSRP $5,871 (5,000 €) plus shipping plus taxes if applicable is considerably more affordable than a full 16-channel studio speaker setup, while offering comparable performance.
Upcoming Features of Okeanos Pro:
- Support of multiple simultaneous listeners.
- Adjustable head-related transfer functions (HRTFs).
Okeanos Pro Includes:
- HTC Vive Tracker 3.0 plus accessories.
- HTC Vive base station 2.0 plus accessories: 2x.
- Brandenburg Labs Mounting Clip: to hold the tracker.
- Pre-configured Rendering Machine: with AoIP connectivity (Dante or Ravenna/AES67, depending on specification).
- Initial consulting and professional support from Brandenburg Labs.
- Comprehensive documentation that provides detailed guidance and support for users.
Brandenburg Labs Demos at NAMM 2026
For more information, see https://brandenburg-labs.com/products-services/okeanos-pro or contact: sales@brandenburg-labs.com. For information on investing, contact: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karlheinz Brandenburg, khb@brandenburg-labs.com.
About Brandenburg Labs
Brandenburg Labs GmbH develops immersive audio for headphones to create intuitive and realistic listening experiences that allow users to immerse themselves in any soundscape. The start-up was founded in 2019 by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karlheinz Brandenburg, scientist, entrepreneur, and co-inventor of the MP3 format. The interdisciplinary team in Ilmenau, Thuringia, now has over 20 employees.
When using headphones, creating an immersive audio experience has posed enormous challenges for science and industry for decades. Brandenburg Labs has set the goal of developing solutions and products that enrich digital life with immersive audio. A spin-off of the Technische Universität Ilmenau and the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology (IDMT), Brandenburg Labs draws on many years of research in the field of audio at these institutions.
The Brandenburg Lab’s Deep Dive Audio technology makes it possible to recreate real acoustic environments via headphones and create new realistic listening environments to fit Virtual sounds into the users’ lives and build a bridge between the real and digital worlds. Brandenburg Labs products are currently available for professional music production and scientific institutions. In the future, Brandenburg Labs’ headphones will also be available for consumers with the long-term goal to market intelligent headphones (PARty). For more information on Brandenburg Labs, see: https://brandenburg-labs.com/products-services/okeanos-pro/ and www.brandenburg-labs.com.