The PlayStation 5 brings a sound revolution with a 3D audio chip

The PlayStation 5 will ship with an AMD CPU, an AMD Navi GPU, and a 3D audio chip.Immersive gaming is a growing trend, and immersive audio is a technology in development. The rise of object-based surround sound features like Dolby Atmos and DTS:X in the movie industry is now translating into the video game world.Sony’s lead tech architect Mike Cerny revealed the company’s next console would support what he calls “3D audio.” He says the future improvement will “make you feel more immersed in the game as sounds come at you from above, from behind, and from the side”.Let’s see what all of this means to the world of gaming. How will PlayStation 5’s 3D audio improve the gaming industry?Cerny didn’t elaborate on how the 3D audio chip works. However, he confirmed it wouldn’t need any extra hardware, like peripherals, for the audio chip to work.The technology is part of the third-generation AMD Ryzen chipset that will power both the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Two. So far, the American company has called it “AMD Gonzalo.”As Cerny said, the PS5 will be something of a revolution, and, as it seems, Sony’s primary work is regarding audio. The improvements the console is achieving will inevitably leak into Nvidia GPUs and drivers, Intel processors, and rivalling consoles.