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360 Reality Audio
Immerse yourself in sound all around you. As real as if you are there at a live concert or with the artist recording in a studio. With 360 Reality Audio, music has never been so immersive and so real.
If you’re looking for new directions in music creation, distribution, or simple enjoyment, there’s plenty to discover in 360 Reality Audio.
Discover workflows and tools to bring immersive music to life, in renowned professional studios and home studios.
Experience the immersion of 360 Reality Audio for yourself, on your choice of music and devices.
Interested in getting immersed? Find out more about the licensing programs for content distribution and hardware solutions.
Experience 360 Reality Audio
Compare 360 Reality Audio and conventional stereo sound to understand how it sounds differently when you experience 360 Reality Audio with speakers and headphones.
In Stereo, sounds are sourced from just two speakers. With 360 Reality Audio, sound sources – vocals, instruments and effects – are each placed on a 360 sphere that surrounds the listener and creates an immersive experience.
In Stereo, music plays inside your head. With 360 Reality Audio, music surrounds and immerses you, with different sounds materialising from points all around your head.
Experience variety of 360 Reality Audio Contents with your headphones
Enjoy a growing library of 360 Reality Audio tracks, major artists frontline contents as well as legendary catalog contents, through our music streaming service partners.
Once you subscribe to a compatible music streaming service, you can enjoy 360 Reality Audio with your headphones and smartphones.
With 360 Reality Audio certified headphones and the Sony | Headphones Connect app, optimize your experience by analyzing your individual ear shape, and enjoy the ultimate immersive music experience.
Upgrade your music listening experience with 360 Reality Audio from some of the world's leading audio brands and products.
Get 360 Reality Audio immersion on the go, with a Certified smartphone.
Head tracking function
Head tracking ensures a realistic and compelling listening experience by automatically adjusting sound fields to compensate for your head movement. Sounds are precisely aligned with your smartphone screen, even as you move, to completely involve you in your viewing.
With conventional headphones, when your head moves, the sound moves with the headphones. This disconnects the sound from its position in space, impairing the 3D effect and presence.
With head tracking, when you move your head, the sound field retains its original position in 3D space – for a realistic viewing and listening experience.
360 Reality Audio can be enjoyed with both headphones or the built-in speakers, with automatic switching for spatial processing.
With Sony’s 360 Reality Audio Upmix (360 Upmix) you can enjoy a spatial, immersive listening experience from regular stereo music and movie audio sources.
The Personal Optimiser is available in the smartphone’s settings menu. With automatic support for all compatible music services and headphones, there’s no need to configure settings for each app.
Upgrade your music listening experience with 360 Reality Audio from some of the world's leading audio brands and products.
Upgrade your experience with 360 Reality Audio Certified speakers and home theatre systems. Music surrounds you, with authentic spaciousness just like listening to your favourite artist right in the recording studio or concert hall.
Subscribe to a 360 Reality Audio music streaming service and enjoy this new music experience with 360 Reality Audio certified speakers or Home Theatre System. Depending on the certified device you use, you can stream 360 Reality Audio tracks via a wireless connection with cast, or a wired connection with HDMI. Please refer to the below graphics for more details.
Connect your smartphone and 360 Reality Audio device to the same Wi-Fi® network.
Download compatible music streaming subscription apps (Amazon Music Unlimited, nugs.net, 360 Reality Audio Live) to your smartphones.
Tap the Cast icon in your music streaming app to stream 360 Reality Audio tracks to Certified speakers and AV receivers from brands like Sennheiser, Sony and more. Control playback directly from your smartphone.
360 Reality Audio is available on Amazon Music and 360 Reality Audio Live. Connect your 360 Reality Audio Certified Speaker to an Amazon Fire TV Cube (3rd Gen), Fire TV Stick 4K Max (2nd Gen), or Fire TV Stick 4K (2nd Gen) via HDMI.
360 Reality Audio Certified speakers, include sound bars and AV receivers from DENON, Marantz, McIntosh, and Sennheiser.
Complete the connection with your TV using HDMI.
You can enjoy 360 Reality Audio across a range of audio brands and devices,using wireless casting or a wired HDMI connection.
Amazon | Echo Studio | ||
DENON | AVR-A1H/X4800H/X3800H AVC-A1H/X4800H/X3800H | ||
Marantz | CINEMA50/40/AV10 | ||
McIntosh | MX123 | ||
Sennheiser | AMBEO Soundbar | Plus/Max | ||
AMBEO Soundbar | Mini | |||
Sony | SRS-RA5000/RA3000 STR-AZ7000ES/AZ5000ES/AZ3000ES/AZ1000ES/AN1000 HT-A9/A7000/A5000/A3000 | ||
BRAVIA Theatre Quad (HT-A9M2) BRAVIA Theatre Bar 9 (HT-A9000) BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 (HT-A8000) |
Upgrade your music listening experience with 360 Reality Audio from the world's leading audio brands and products.
*Available music services vary by manufacturer and device. For details, please check the website of the collaborative partners.
Enhance your gaming with the immersive spatial sound of 360 Reality Audio. A range of compatible mobile and PC games means you can experience new gaming realism, however you play.
Get immersed, even when gaming on the go, with enhanced realism and surround sound.
Get the edge in any battle, with the ability to precisely locate your enemies in 3D space, thanks to the immersive sound placement.
PRINCIPLES PROLOGUE is a short adventure game by COLOPL that pushes the boundaries of smartphone graphics, and lets you experience the latest in 360 Reality Audio sonic immersion. The sound of footsteps and rustling clothing resonates through the cave, and the buzz of a bare electrical circuit thrills! Download it here to experience it for yourself.
* Model availability may vary by regions
Sony Support provides practical information about how to experience 360 Reality Audio technology with your Sony certified headphones. Visit the website and find everything you need to know about this new technology.
* Model availability may vary by regions
Sony Support provides practical information about how to experience 360 Reality Audio technology with your Sony certified smartphones. Visit the website and find everything you need to know about this new technology.
* Model availability may vary by regions
Sony Support provides practical information about how to experience 360 Reality Audio technology with your Sony certified speakers. Visit the website and find everything you need to know about this new technology.
Discover the workflow and tools needed to create music in 360 Reality Audio.
Licensing for Service Providers and Hardware Manufacturers to become a part of 360 Reality Audio ecosystem.