Dolby Atmos

Dolby Atmos is an object-based audio technology for creating and reproducing spatial audio. The Dolby Atmos platform encompasses products, services, and technologies and includes authoring, distribution, and playback tools for both linear and nonlinear content. Rather than requiring a content creator to downmix the elements (objects) of an audio scene to a fixed number of output channels prior to transmission and rendering, Dolby Atmos audio objects can be individually preserved, transmitted, and rendered.

Key features of Dolby Atmos include:

• The ability to encode object-based audio metadata in the audio bitstream
• Three-dimensional audio rendering
• Device-independent audio bitstreams that can be faithfully rendered by any Dolby Atmos playback device
• A flexible rendering engine for Dolby Atmos playback devices that supports a wide range of loudspeaker layouts and room characteristics
• New speaker positions and designs