Google wants to take on Dolby with new open media formats

Re:Google wants to take on Dolby with new open media formats by PaulDavisThe1st on Friday September 23, 2022 @12:08AM (#32947935)

Ambisonics hardware was on sale in the late 1970s and early 80s, but few people at that time had multi-speaker setups, which meant that the companies making it went defunct.

Libre and gratis ambisonics encoding and decoding software has existed for more than a decade. It is the domain of enthusiasts rather than regular consumers.

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Re:Google wants to take on Dolby with new open media formats by SllX on Friday September 23, 2022 @12:32AM (#32948085)

Makes sense, and this is actually the first I've heard of ambisonics. From your description, it doesn't sound like the kind of thing there will ever be tons of content for, so not tons of demand either. But a small demo-scene-like thing can be neat too.

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