An “anechoic chamber” at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, has been certified as the quietest place on Earth. The experience inside is bizarre.

Deep within Microsoft’s Redmond campus is the quietest place on Earth – and Dailymail.com was able to step inside. It's so quiet, no one has been able to spend more than 45 minutes inside.

An “anechoic chamber” at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, has been certified as the quietest place on Earth. The experience inside is bizarre.

Microsoft has the quietest room in the world and I went inside.

Dive deep into the world's quietest place, the anechoic chamber at Microsoft. Discover its purpose and the profound experiences it offers.

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The 'anechoic chamber' at Orfield Laboratories in South Minneapolis is 99.99 per cent sound absorbent and holds the Guinness World Record for the quietest place.

The World’s Quietest Room is located in Orfield Labs in Minneapolis and it is an anechoic chamber. The idea was to create walls, floor and ceiling that absorb sound rather than have it bounce off as it does generally. A normal quiet room has a sound level of about 30 decibels, while humans can only ...

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Air Multiplier technology circulates purified air throughout the whole room.¹ Curved and magnetized remote control stores neatly on the machine. Not app compatible. Oscillates up to 350° Programmed to turn off after pre-set intervals of 1, 2, 4 and 8 hours Fully sealed to HEPA Standard. So what goes inside, stays inside.² Night mode monitors and purifies using the quietest settings, with a dimmed display.

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Air Multiplier technology circulates purified air throughout the whole room.¹ Curved and magnetized remote control stores neatly on the machine. Not app compatible. Oscillates up to 350° Programmed to turn off after pre-set intervals of 1, 2, 4 and 8 hours Fully sealed to HEPA Standard. So what goes inside, stays inside.² Night mode monitors and purifies using the quietest settings, with a dimmed display.

Background noise in the custom-built chamber is actually measured in negative decibels, which means it’s below the threshold of human hearing

Air Multiplier technology circulates purified air throughout the whole room.¹ All year-round purifier. Heats in the winter, cools you in the summer. Curved and magnetized remote control stores neatly on the machine. Not app compatible. Oscillates up to 350° Programmed to turn off after pre-set intervals of 1, 2, 4 and 8 hours Fully sealed to HEPA Standard. So what goes inside, stays inside.² Night mode monitors and purifies using the quietest settings, with a dimmed display.

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These public spaces dedicated to printed and digital media prove that even the quietest of buildings can make a loud-and-clear design statement