Dolby Atmos is coming to an unlikely machine and I am intrigued

In a joint announcement, Dolby, Lenovo, and Google have formally unveiled the world’s first Chromebook with Dolby Atmos: the Lenovo Chromebook Plus (14″, 10). Designed by the world’s largest PC maker, this Lenovo laptop computer runs Google’s light-weight ChromeOS working system, gives superior spatial audio tuning, and measures in at 14-inches of diagonal show actual property.

“The Lenovo Chromebook Plus (14”, 10), the primary Chromebook with Dolby Atmos, is a vital milestone in our long-standing collaboration with Dolby. We’re dedicated to bringing modern firsts to shoppers in all places and, by working with Dolby, our Chromebook customers will now take pleasure in best-in-class premium audio,” says Benny Zhang, Govt Director and Normal Supervisor of Chromebooks in Lenovo’s Clever Units Group.

At the moment, there is not any phrase on Lenovo Chromebook Plus (14”, 10) pricing or availability. Extra product specs are additionally unclear, making it troublesome to foretell an approximate value vary. Dolby Atmos itself requires ponying up for an official certification, which could in the end be handed on to shoppers — although, Chromebooks do are typically on the extra reasonably priced aspect when in comparison with many Windows-based notebook PCs.

Dolby Atmos makes for an immersive sound expertise

Dolby’s Atmos know-how is a pleasant function to have included on a tool, laptop computer or in any other case

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At its core, Dolby Atmos is a spatial audio technology that enables for extra real looking, immersive, and dynamic acoustics when carried out into client tech merchandise. Atmos depends on particular tuning at each the {hardware} and software program stage, and it requires multimedia recordsdata to be particularly encoded with Atmos in thoughts with the intention to perform correctly.

Atmos is ready to produce a encompass sound-esque impact by making a 3D soundscape, which is achieved by way of a mixture of bespoke processing, further top channels, spatial consciousness, and audio object identifiers, amongst different technical wizardry. The tech, which is proprietary and licensed by Dolby, will be discovered on every little thing from high-end cinema setups to tiny smartphone speakers.

In fact, not each Atmos implementation is equivalent, and a laptop computer’s variant of the tech will probably depend on some additional software program magic to approximate a bigger multi-channel theater setup. Even nonetheless, the bespoke tuning and extra experience required to implement Atmos right into a cell machine ought to lead to superior audio when in comparison with an equal product that lacks Atmos certification.

Spatial and 3D audio tech is changing into more and more fashionable within the client area, with virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) headsets benefiting essentially the most from a extra immersive soundscape. Within the case of a laptop computer reminiscent of Lenovo’s upcoming Chromebook Plus (14″, 10), Atmos ought to lead to punchier sound supply when consuming music, motion pictures, and TV exhibits.

In fact, there are a ton of variables at play, together with the aforementioned want for media content material to assist Atmos, in addition to compression attributable to internet streaming. Personally, I hope to see an increasing number of tech merchandise embrace the usual going ahead, which ought to hopefully lead to an elevated quantity of Atmos-compatible multimedia within the years to return.

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Don’t be concerned — you will not must improve should you already like your present Atmos setup.