Matt Weinberger
If you're an audiophile, you probably recognize the name Dolby Laboratories — the same Dolby that provides the cinematic sound and screen systems at movie theaters all over the world.
This week, Dolby Laboratories opened up its new San Francisco office, where over 750 employees will design, build, and test the next generation of movie magic in more than 100 working audiovisual science laboratories.
The new headquarters, encompassing 63,000 square feet of space, was designed from the ground up to celebrate Dolby's 50-year history of combining science with design.
I was invited to take a grand tour of the new Dolby offices. Take a look and judge for yourself if it meets that goal.
Dolby is imagining this new office as a "vertical village," meaning that it incorporates everything its employees might need, from a recording studio to mock living rooms to test sound. There's even a fitness center and a yoga room.DolbyThe first thing you see as you enter is the first of 36 art pieces on display throughout the building. This is the "Ribbon Wall," a 60-foot-long video wall that shows a continually-changing landscape that shifts based on the composition that's playing on the powerful speakers hidden in the ceiling. It has a nice, deep, soothing hum.Matt Weinberger
Dolby had two "Star Wars" droids to greet us at the door. Apparently, they were built as a hobby by a Dolby employee in Burbank, but they were brought up to San Francisco for the occasion of the grand opening.Matt Weinberger
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This is the "Hill," a combination amphitheater/aggressively strenuous staircase that connects the first floor to the second, and can also be used for company presentations.Matt Weinberger
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