Dražen Bošnjak

Mach1 is a sound technology company started in 2015 by Dražen Bošnjak and Jacqueline Bošnjak specializing in audio for virtual reality projects. Mach1 was developed to overcome the audio limitations of game engines like Unreal Engine and Unity.{{Cite web| title= Creativity 50: Drazen and Jacqueline Bosnjak| date=18 December 2017| url=http://adage.com/article/news/creativity-50-2017/311602/#Bosnjak| publisher=Advertising Age| accessdate=2018-01-12}}

Mach1 technologies and techniques extend traditional audio engineering practices to interactive media, especially virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). Mach1 focuses development on its custom spatial audio formats that do not utilize additional active processes during user playback.{{Cite web| title= Dražen Bošnjak Creates His Own Virtual Reality| date=March 2016| url=http://www.mixonline.com/news/games-newmedia/dra-en-bo-njak-creates-his-own-virtual-reality/426860| publisher=Mix Online| accessdate=2016-08-20}} Mach1's Spatial format is a multi-channel isotropic audio file with an 8x1 configuration at 48k/44.1k 16bit sample rate. All 8 channels are placed into a single audio track. For support on Android hardware running Samsung VR, that audio track is transcoded to 4 audio tracks with 2 channels each.{{Cite web| title= Content Specs| url=https://samsungvr.com/portal/content/content_specs| publisher=Samsung VR| accessdate=2017-05-17}}

Mach1 technology has been implemented in numerous VR projects including The Martian VR Experience, Mr. Robot, The New York Times Magazine VR, Ford VR at 24 Hours of Le Mans, and VR films that have appeared at Fantastic Fest.{{Cite web| title= Mach1 Launches| url=https://www.shootonline.com/node/63365/archived_node| publisher=Shoot| accessdate=2016-09-06}}{{Cite web| title= The New Reality of Virtual Reality: Opportunities at the Intersection of Content and Technology| url=http://www.nywift.org/article.aspx?ID=5955| publisher=New York Women In Film And Television| accessdate=2016-08-20}}{{Cite web| title= Ford VR App Puts You Racing at Le Mans| date=18 August 2016| url=http://vrscout.com/news/ford-vr-app-racing-le-mans-ken-block/| publisher=VRScout Inc.| accessdate=2016-08-20}}{{Cite web| title= Creepy VR Films Coming to Fantastic Fest Next Month| url=http://vrscout.com/news/creepy-vr-films-fantastic-fest-mule/| publisher=VRScout Inc.| accessdate=2016-08-20}}{{Cite web| title=The Martian VR Experience| url=http://www.moving-picture.com/work/the-martian-vr-experience| publisher=MPC Moving Picture Company| accessdate=2016-08-20| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826032837/http://www.moving-picture.com/work/the-martian-vr-experience| archive-date=2016-08-26| url-status=dead}}

In November 2016, Mach1 partnered with Secret Location, and Moving Picture Company to power The New York Times{{'}} VR app for Google Daydream.{{Cite web| title= NYT VR App Now Compatible with Daydream| date=18 November 2016| url=http://www.nytco.com/nyt-vr-app-now-compatible-with-daydream/| publisher=The New York Times Company| accessdate=2016-11-18}}

Mach1 provided audio for Ridley Scott and David Karlak's Alien: Covenant In Utero VR experience for Oculus Rift and Samsung VR, which served as a teaser for the 2017 film Alien: Covenant.{{Cite web| title= 'Alien: Covenant' Births New Virtual Reality Experience With 'In Utero' for Oculus - Watch| date=24 April 2017| url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/04/alien-covenant-virtual-reality-in-utero-oculus-1201808555/| publisher=IndieWire| accessdate=2017-05-17}}{{Cite web| title= Twentieth Century Fox Delivers 'Alien: Covenant In Utero' Virtual Reality Experience | date=25 April 2017| url=https://www.thewrap.com/twentieth-century-fox-delivers-alien-covenant-in-utero-virtual-reality-experience/| publisher=The Wrap| accessdate=2017-05-17}}

As of May 2017, Mach1 technology is also supported by and integrated in the Samsung VR platform v1.70.6.{{Cite web| title= Technical FAQ - Samsung VR for Gear VR v1.70.6| url=https://samsungvr.com/portal/content/faq_tech_gear_vr| publisher=Samsung VR| accessdate=2017-05-17}}

In 2017, Dražen and Jacqueline Bošnjak were included in Advertising Age's Creativity 50 list of the year's most influential creative figures for Mach1's contributions to the field of spatial audio.

• No Maps for These Territories, composer - theme song (2000)

• Oprah's Master Class, composer (2011-2014)
• Prometheus, composer: additional music (2012)
• David Blaine: Real or Magic, composer (2013)
• Made in America, composer (2013)
• Creative Control, composer (2015)
• The Martian VR Experience, composer/sound designer (2016)
• The New York Times Magazine VR, sound design - Great Performers: L.A. Noir, sound designer (2016) {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/08/magazine/great-performers-la-noir.html?hpw&rref=magazine&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well |website=The New York Times |title=Great Performers|date=8 December 2016 }}
• The Mr. Robot VR Experience, sound designer (2016) {{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-3d-sound-makes-virtual-reality-more-real/ |website=Vice: The Creators Project |title=How 3D Sound Makes Virtual Reality More Real|date=7 December 2016 }}
• Dear Angelica, composer (2017) {{cite web|url=https://www.sundance.org/projects/dear-angelica |website=The Sundance Institute |title=Dear Angelica}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6231586/?ref_=nm_flmg_com_1 |website=IMDb |title=Dear Angelica}}
• Passengers: Awakening, sound design (2017)
• Alien: Covenant In Utero, sound design (2017)
• Night Night, composer/sound designer/mixer (2017) {{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7203750/ |website=IMDb |title=Night Night}}

{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1803969/ Dražen Bošnjak] at The Internet Movie Database
• [http://www.drazenbosnjak.com/ Official Website]

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bosnjak, Drazen}}

Category:1973 births

Category:21st-century American composers

Category:Living people

Category:Musicians from Sarajevo

Category:American sound designers