spatial audio
Three-dimensional sound experience
Spatial audio is sound engineered to seem as if it comes from specific locations in three-dimensional space around the listener.
Unlike standard stereo, which places sound only left or right, spatial audio creates the illusion of sources above, below, behind, and at varying distances: The spatial audio made footsteps seem to circle behind me.
The technology appears in gaming headsets, home theater systems, and streaming services, often requiring compatible hardware or software to decode.
- surroundEnclose on every side
- immersiveFully engaging the senses
- binauralUsing both ears
- head trackingDetecting cranial orientation
- 3DThree-axis spatial representation
headphones · Dolby · panning · directional · reverb · echo · ambient · localization · stereo · home theater · soundscape · enveloping · sound stage · overhead · positional · depth · listener · sphere
- audiosound, headphones, volume control, sound recording, noise
- soundsound, sound waves, echoes, acoustics, vibrations
- Music StreamingSpotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Tidal
- audio systemssurround sound, stereo, multichannel, 5.1, Dolby Atmos
- Film Soundsound design, sound editing, sound mixing, Foley, ADR
- immersive experiencesvirtual reality, VR, augmented reality, AR, mixed reality
spatial audiomono
Single, as prefix
monaural · monophonic · mono audio · lo-fi
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