In December 2020,Google quietly acquired Dysonics, a 3D audio startup.
Whats the Point?
Plenty of companies already are experimenting with 3D audio support.
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Spatial audio is the future.
Offering the same features as competitors is important for users who gravitate to Google products.
The immersive benefits that 3D audio brings only add to the appeal of full spatial audio support.
This allows for a more realistic audioscape and a more immersive experience, overall.
Its also based on a technology calledambisonics, which originally was created in the 1970s.
“When you look at images, historically speaking, an image would be wide and tall.
Thats how we perceive it.
Its in front of usits a certain width and a certain height,” he explained.
“With audio, we perceive it as forward and back, left and right.
Spatial audio lets us tap into another perception: height.
