Good news for gamers as Xbox One will once again enhance their consoles through improving the sound dynamics. Xbox One will have Dolby Atmos as Dolby and Microsoft announced it this week.

This technology coming from the world of home theater will now be experienced first-hand by console gamers. According to Digital Trends, this Dolby Atmos will feature an object-based surround sound and not just the HDR or the high dynamic range sound. This object-based surround sound adds up to another dimension. It throws height into the mix. This is done by using another set of speakers either on the ceiling or mounted on top of surround speakers and facing the ceiling.

"At Team Xbox, we are all gamers first, and bringing Dolby Atmos support to Xbox One and Windows 10 gaming next year will bring you even further inside the action and sound of your favorite titles. A big thank you to the team at Dolby for their partnership; we're excited to share more with the Xbox community next year." Mike Ybarra, Xbox head of platform engineering, said in a statement

According to Cnet, Spencer Hooks, Dolby Laboratories director of gaming, wrote in a post on Xbox Write that players could highly discern the sound of their allies and enemies in a three-dimensional space. Even snipers and other tools used in a game could be heard clearly.

Meanwhile, in order to have the full experience of this sound enhancement, a gamer will need a Dolby Atmos-ready A/V receiver and speakers. On the other hand, Dolby Atmos can also be experienced by using headphones as well.

For those using their console with a home theater setup, the Blu-ray Bitstream passthrough, which includes Dolby Atmos support on Xbox One and Xbox One S, could be for Xbox Preview members. This only means that the console will pass through Blu-ray audio to your A/V receiver untouched, for the highest-quality sound as much as possible.

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