Google wants to take on Dolby with new open media formats
This is amazing. It&#x27;s truly bizarre that 5.1 surround sound, or HDR, or spatial audio, would be proprietary paid formats -- I mean, what if someone told you there was a license for <i>stereo</i> audio?<p>And sure it&#x27;s in Google&#x27;s self-interest so that they can bring these technologies to YouTube without paying anyone else. But it benefits everybody, so this is really fantastic news for everyone if it&#x27;s something that takes off.