In the first for consoles, Dolby’s audio Dio-Visual pioneers have announced that the incoming Xbox Series S and Series X will offer both Dolby Vision and Dolby Atoms for gaming.
According to Dolby’s website, MicroStft’s new console will offer a three-dimensional Dolby Atmos audio dio for games at launch, with support for the 2021 Dolby Vision gaming set coming sometime.
The site also states that Dolby Vision will bring “brightness, contrast, color and depth depth beyond traditional HDR games” by offering “40x bright highlights”, “10x deep black layers” and “color depth depth up to 12-bit”. “.
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While the Dolby Vision HDR for games was technically supported on the Xbox One X, it was only ever made available to testers in the Xbox Insiders program.
Although Dolby Vision gaming has never been publicly offered on consoles, it is possible to play select games on PC in 12-bit HDR format – EA’s Mass Effect Andromeda and Battlefield 1 both have Dolby Vision support on PC.
What about the PlayStation 5?
Dolby’s confirmation of Dolby Atoms and Vision support on the Xbox Series S and X could come as a shock to PlayStation fans – Dolby Atoms won’t be supported on the upcoming PS5, and Dolby Vision support isn’t expected.
Instead, Sony’s next-generation console will take advantage of a new proprietary ‘Tempest’ 3D audio format that the company has developed in-house, possibly freeing the company from paying Dolby’s licensing fees.
Speaking of HDR, it is expected that the PS5 will only offer standard HDR10 support, as the company has taken a hard line against Samsung’s HDR10 + format – Sony president and COO Mike Fasulo told Tekradar. Is focused on systems and we will ‘stay focused there.’
