Samsung and Google are set to pioneer a new standard, Eclipse Audio. This format will enable 3D audio experiences on some YouTube videos later this year, Support available across Samsung's 2025 lineup of TVs and soundbarsOver the years, Samsung has not specifically supported Dolby Vision HDR for dynamic HDR metadata, choosing instead to promote its preferred option. HDR10 PlusNow, it looks like it's ready to make a similar competitive effort for open-source 3D audio support.
Eclipse Audio could eventually serve as a free alternative to Dolby Atmos, the dominant 3D audio format that hardware makers like Samsung pay to license for TVs and other devices. Samsung says that similar to Atmos, this audio format supports adjusting “audio data such as location and sound intensity, along with spatial reflection” to create a 3D experience.
two companies first announced A partnership to develop spatial audio technology in 2023, initially called Immersive Audio Models and Formats (IAMF). At that time, Samsung Spatial Audio chief woohyun nam said The format will “provide a complete open-source framework from creation to distribution and playback of 3D audio.”
The IAMF specification has also been adopted by a group called the Alliance for Open Media There has been an emphasis on royalty-free codec support since 2015. And counts companies like Samsung and Google as well as Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Netflix among its members. If they also add support for this audio format, that might help it take off, although it's already taken years AV1 video codec To See more uses,
Samsung and Google are also creating a certification program with the Telecommunications Technology Association “to ensure consistent audio quality” in devices that use this format, similar to the way companies like Dolby and THX manage labeling for their specifications. sound the same. We expect to hear more about Eclipsa Audio in the coming days, as CES 2025 begins next week.