Is MPEG-H’s 3D audio like Dolby Atmos or other standards? If you’ve been curious about or researching audio standard support, some of MPEG-H’s features probably sound familiar.

This creates an immersive experience that mimics 3D surround sound, allowing you to turn your head and listen as the audio moves to the left, right, or up and down, depending on how you move your ...

PlayStation 3D Audio, for instance, works on any set of headphones, provided you have a PlayStation 5. Some gaming headsets, such as the HyperX Cloud Flight S, support surround sound, too.

Bluetooth audio can be confusing at the best of times. Qualcomm hopes to simplify it with Snapdragon Sound. But does it actually make things easier?

The project is centered around the idea of spatial audio or 3D audio. The system allows ‘audio motion’ to be captured, mixed and replayed, all the while synchronized to the music.

If you’re just not interested in Apple products but want to experience a more spacious sound, there’s another option: 360 Reality Audio, launched by Sony in October 2019 to seemingly less fanfare.

The Sound Motion story starts with a company called Mayht. In April 2022, Sonos bought Mayht Holding BV, an audio company based in the Netherlands, for approximately $100 million. At the time ...

Surround sound and 3D audio are just the next steps in that journey to keep listeners tuned in and make podcasts seem even closer to the experience of watching something on the big screen.