Dolby, Littlstar Partner on Atmos Audio for Virtual Reality Apps
Dolby Atmos audio is expected to be available through the Littlstar virtual reality app from the Oculus, SteamVR, Apple App and Google Play stores this fall, said a Dolby news release Thursday. Users will be able to experience Dolby Atmos…
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in VR on supporting playback devices: a Windows 10 PC with Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, a Samsung Galaxy smartphone with Samsung Gear VR and an iOS or Android device with Google Cardboard, Dolby said. At launch, Littlstar will have three selections of Dolby Atmos content: Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension 360 (Light Sail VR), Rapid Fire: a brief history of flight (Studio Transcendent) and Bob’s Burgers 360 - Dancin’ (BentoBoxVR), it said. The Dolby Atmos for VR Applications software development kit includes a VR-specific Dolby Atmos decoder and headphone renderer that’s integrated into the Littlstar app across all major VR platforms, said Dolby. Littlstar's encoding infrastructure was enhanced to support Dolby Atmos as an audio format for immersive videos, it said. Dolby Atmos content can be created using the Dolby Atmos VR Production Suite, now in beta, which allows content creators to place audio objects and move sound anywhere in a scene, choose options for head tracking, and guide viewers through a VR story, it said.