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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.
The 360 Reality Audio ecosystem
Sony provides a complete ecosystem for immersive music experiences. Our 360 Spatial Sound technology lets you build and experience immersive audio, on a range of platforms, content, and devices with 360 Reality Audio.
Core Technology
360 Reality Audio is a new immersive music experience that uses Sony‘s (object-based) 360 Spatial Sound technology. Individual sounds such as vocals, chorus, piano, guitar, bass and even sounds of the live audience can be placed in a 360 spherical sound field, giving artists and creators a new way to express their creativity.
Delivering a new music ecosystem
Our aim is to get the creative potential of 360 Reality Audio into the hands of all creators. We’re continuously expanding our creation, distribution and music streaming partnerships to enhance music experiences.
Creative and professional tools
360 WalkMix Creator™ helps both professional and amateur creators transform their stereo audio mixes into limitless 360 Reality Audio. Sound stems can be placed above or below, at front, to the side or behind, to bring music-loving fans right to the centre of an elevated musical experience.
Used and prized by professionals
Producers and sound engineers in music studios worldwide are finding new ways to connect with listeners, beyond conventional stereo, with 360 Reality Audio.
More immersive music, every day
The 360 Reality Audio catalog is growing rapidly – from legendary remasters to immersive live shows, and even Grammy Award® winning new creations like the latest Alicia Keys album, ‘Alicia’. Every day there are new things to stream and enjoy from your favorite artists and those you’re yet to discover.
Listen on major streaming services
Be immersed wherever you are with 360 Reality Audio video and audio content on the world’s best streaming services. Enjoy listening on headphones or 360 Reality Audio Certified speakers and home theater systems.
Designed for the music greats
You can experience 360 Reality Audio with your favorite pair of headphones thanks to the immersive sound field. Leading consumer electronics brands offer 360 Reality Audio Certified products, from headphones to home theater systems, for an elevated experience.
Explore 360 Reality Audio
If you’re looking for new directions in music creation, distribution, or simple enjoyment, there’s plenty to discover in 360 Reality Audio.
Create in 360 Reality Audio
Discover workflows and tools to bring immersive music to life, in renowned professional studios and home studios.
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Experience 360 Reality Audio
Experience the immersion of 360 Reality Audio for yourself, on your choice of music and devices.
Join us, in 360 Reality Audio
Interested in getting immersed? Find out more about the licensing programs for content distribution and hardware solutions.
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Experience 360 Reality Audio
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.
How it sounds with Speakers
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.
How it sounds with Headphones
In Stereo, music plays inside your head. With 360 Reality Audio, music surrounds and immerses you, with different sounds materializing from points all around your head.
Whitney Houston x 360 Reality Audio
The Whitney Houston Estate has partnered with Sony to honor Whitney's legacy of impeccable sound. Experience Whitney Houston in immersive 360 Reality Audio here.
Compatible music streaming services
Enjoy a growing library of tracks, contents from major artists, as well as legendary catalog contents, through our music streaming service partners. Visit Music.com for a simulated 360 Reality Audio music experience.
How it works with headphones
Once you subscribe to a compatible music streaming service, you can enjoy 360 Reality Audio with your headphones and smartphones. 9
Download a music streaming service app to your smartphone
Subscribe to a premium music streaming service
Listen with any headphones
Upgrade your experience with personalization
With 360 Reality Audio certified 10 headphones and the Sony | Headphones Connect app, optimize your experience by analyzing your individual ear shape, and enjoy the ultimate immersive music experience.
How to personalize and enjoy immersive music samples
Download the Sony│Headphones Connect app and connect it to the Sony headphones
Capture images of your ears to create a personalized analysis
Select and download the Artist Connection app to enjoy personalized immersive music samples
360 Reality Audio Certified Headphones/Neckband Speakers
Upgrade your music listening experience with 360 Reality Audio from some of the world's leading audio brands and products.
360 Reality Audio Certified Smartphone
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.27
Conventional use
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 capability
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.
Headphones & Speakers Experience
360 Reality Audio can be enjoyed with both headphones or the built-in speakers, with automatic switching for spatial processing.12,13
360 Reality Audio Upmix
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.14
Easy Setting
The Personal Optimizer 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.15
360 Reality Audio Certified Smartphones
Upgrade your music listening experience with 360 Reality Audio from some of the world's leading audio brands and products.
How it works with speakers
Subscribe to a 360 Reality Audio music streaming service and enjoy this new music experience with 360 Reality Audio certified 16 speakers or Home Theater System. With the varied certified devices, you can experience 360 Reality Audio tracks.
Connect your smartphone and 360 Reality Audio device to the same Wi-Fi network.
Download compatible music streaming subscription apps (Amazon Music Unlimited 17, nugs.net 18, TIDAL) to your smartphones.
Tap the 'Cast' icon in your music streaming app to stream 360 Reality Audio device to your speaker or AV receiver with playback control from your smartphone.19
360 Reality Audio is available on Amazon Music. Connect your 360 Reality Audio Certified speaker to an Amazon Fire TV Cube28, 31 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.
Experience upgraded immersive sound with speaker systems
Upgrade your experience with 360 Reality Audio Certified speakers and home theater systems. Music surrounds you, with authentic spaciousness just like listening to your favorite artist right in the recording studio or concert hall.
360 Reality Audio Certified Speakers and Home Theater
Upgrade your music listening experience with 360 Reality Audio and some of 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.
Experience the Future of 360 Reality Audio
Bring new life to live music with 360 Reality Audio. Download the Artist Connection app to have a trial experience of mind-blowing live performances with 360 Reality Audio.
360 Reality Audio Live
Download the 360 Reality Audio Live app with your mobile device
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Certified Headphones and Wireless Neckband Speaker
Enjoy optimized sound with 360 Reality Audio Certified Headphones 6
WH-1000XM4
Wireless Over-ear Industry Leading Noise Canceling Headphones with Microphone
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WH-XB910N
Wireless Over-ear Noise Canceling EXTRA BASS™ Headphones with Microphone
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Sony Support for 360 Reality Audio Certified Headphones
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.
Certified Smartphones
360 Reality Audio Certified Smartphones for enhanced listening on the go.
Sony Support for 360 Reality Audio Certified Headphones
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.
Certified Speakers and Soundbars
Experience fully immersive sound at home with 360 Reality Audio Certified speakers and soundbars.
SRS-RA5000
Premium Wi-Fi Enabled 360 Reality Audio Wireless Speaker with Ambient Room-Filling Sound
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SRS-RA3000
Wi-Fi Enabled 360 Reality Audio Wireless Speaker with Ambient Room-Filling Sound
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Sony Support for 360 Reality Audio Certified Speakers
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.
Create your immersive music experience
Discover the workflow and tools needed to create music in 360 Reality Audio.
Join the ecosystem for content distribution and playback
Licensing for Service Providers and Hardware Manufacturers to become a part of 360 Reality Audio ecosystem.