
Sony is also in talks with major music labels and streaming services about launching video streamed content.

At CES 2021, it made two further announcements: it added video streaming capabilities to 360 Reality Audio, and it developed a new content creation software called the 360 Reality Audio Creative Suite. Sony’s teamed up with the Fraunhofer IIS (Institute for Integrated circuits) to open the format up for content creators and artists to take advantage of.

Different parameters can be altered for various elements, including distances and angles. It supports up to 64 speaker channels and allows audio coding to be done in different ways.Įngineers can map out and place everything including vocals, individual instruments and a live audience in any position inside a 360 spherical space.

The format has been built using the open MPEG-H 3D Audio standard, which itself has been optimised for music streaming.
