Here's the breakthrough that (I think) is going to enable the auditory portion of full dive VR, plus a mechanism "telepathic" communication of audio information, etc (not to mention facilitating a hearing fix for hundreds of millions!)
scitechdaily.comSubmitted by PandaCommando69 t3_ydmixk in singularity
PandaCommando69 OP t1_itt2no1 wrote
>For the first time and in near-atomic detail, scientists at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) have revealed the structure of the key part of the inner ear responsible for hearing.
>“This is the last sensory system in which that fundamental molecular machinery has remained unknown,” said senior author Eric Gouaux, Ph.D. He is a senior scientist with the OHSU Vollum Institute and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. “The molecular machinery that carries out this absolutely amazing process has been unresolved for decades.”
>Until now.