New Headphones Aim to Revolutionise Social Music Listening Experience

[Maura]

A new Berkley, Calif. startup company, Wearhaus, has today launched a crowdfunding project to produce a line of wireless headphones for iOS that are designed to reflect and encourage the social way in which people listen to their music on their mobile devices.

The Wearhaus Arc headphones were inspired by the recent music festival “silent disco” trend, and use Bluetooth technology to sync multiple users’ headphones.

Wearhaus was founded by two ex-Berkeley engineering students, Nelson Zhang and Richie Zeng, who also wanted to ensure that they headphones also look really cool, in keeping with the current trend for designer headphones such as Beats by Dre.

Each of the headphone set’s earcups has a ring-shaped backlight that can be set to any colour via the mobile iOS app, so that when other people tune in to your music, their lights will pulse the same colour as yours, so you’ll be able to see instantly who is enjoying your music with you.

“Music has always been a medium for social interaction,” said CEO Richie Zeng. “Our goal is to help people connect with others through the music they love in an innovative new way.”

“Originally, headphones were just tools for channeling audio,” said co-founder and Thiel Fellow Nelson Zhang. “They’re now becoming more and more about good design and self-expression. With Arc, we wanted to take that creative, personal aspect to the next level.”

Wearhaus was built in Highway 1, a hardware startup incubator owned by PCH International, which is the product development and supply chain company that also creates develops and delivers products for the likes of Apple, Beats by Dre and many more.

They want $75,000 to start making these beauties, so check them out at the source link below.

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[Maura]