Apple has snapped up Tomlinson Holman, the inventor of THX, to head up its audio projects. The news was revealed by podcasting king and “president of the Internet” Leo Laporte who tweeted:
“I have it on good authority that Tomlinson Holman (of THX fame) is joining Apple to run audio. Major upgrade.“ Read on for the lowdown on Holman…
Holman won the the Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 2002 and invented the first 10.2 surround sound system as well as being chief inventor of Lucasfilm’s THX sound system.
There’s no official word from Apple on what Holman might be up to but it’s rather delightful that the news broke late on May 4 aka Star Wars Day.
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