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Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits
Manufacturers of games consoles and related software can enrich the gaming world with new audio technologies which provide users with great flexibility and enable them to experience the virtual world with even greater intensity. Fraunhofer IIS offers surround sound technologies whereby the user becomes the focal point of his gaming world and is completely submerged in the action. It is also possible to intervene directly in a scene and determine the position of individual sound sources in accordance with the user’s wishes. Examples of this flexibility include the adaption of the sound stage and loudspeaker arrangement.
Gaming
Audio codecs:
- mp3: The standard for compressed music
- AAC-LC: Most common AAC profile, used e.g. by iPod
- HE-AAC, HE-AAC v2: Improved quality below 64 kbit/s
- MPEG Surround: 5.1 sound at stereo bitrates
- mp3 Surround: 5.1 sound at mp3 stereo bitrates
- MPEG SAOC*: Music 2.0: Interactive remixing / karaoke
Video Codecs:
Surround Audio Technologies:
- MPEG Surround: 5.1 sound at stereo bitrates
- SX Pro: Creates surround content from any stereo content
- mp 3D: Improved playback of stereo and mp3 over headphones
- mp3 Surround: 5.1 sound at mp3 stereo bitrates
- HE-AAC, HE-AAC v2: For discrete 5.1 sound at low bit-rates
* currently under standardization in MPEG
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