It starts with a simple lawn mower — and turns into a surreal 8D soundscape. Captured using binaural microphones, this ...

If you’ve been in a movie theater recently, you may have noticed that the sound is a whole lot more immersive. That’s thanks to spatial audio, a type of surround sound. The most well-known version is ...

Everyone loves spatial audio, of course. After all, if what George Lucas said is true and that 50 percent of the enjoyment of a movie comes from its soundtrack, then the more immersive and enveloping ...

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In the pop song “Left and Right” by Charlie Puth (feat. Jung Kook of BTS), he begins singing the lyrics: “Memories follow me left and right/I can feel you over here, I can feel you over here/You take ...

The use of “magic” to describe tech is overblown, especially when it comes to Apple’s products. But hear me out on this one. As someone who spends some of every day playing with new tech products, I’m ...

Ever since Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville first warbled "Clair de Lune" onto a wax cylinder, purveyors of sound technology and recorded music have been trying to replicate the full listening ...

Most of us have heard about 3D audio, which creates a unique listening experience by making people feel literally surrounded by the music. But a new kind of audio is now sweeping YouTube and TikTok ...

Google is enabling support for dynamic spatial audio over Bluetooth LE Audio in Android 15. Dynamic spatial audio allows for the direction of sound to change based on the listener’s head movements.

If you own an Apple TV 4K and have compatible wireless headphones or earbuds from the company, you should explore spatial audio. This feature can elevate Dolby Atmos or Dolby 5.1 soundtracks into an ...

If you've bought a new iPhone like the iPhone 15 Pro Max or a new pair of Apple headphones or earbuds in the past year or two, then you've probably heard the sales pitch about spatial audio. But what ...