The iconic sound company has been working with partners to develop the consumer electronics and the content to bring Atmos — a theater system that uses "objects" rather than channels to precisely place sound around a room — to home entertainment.
Separately, Dolby has been working on a new format, Dolby Vision, to improve the images that can be viewed in the home with a wider dynamic range, meaning the range between the brightest and darkest colors that can be reproduced on a display.
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