Clubhouse adds spatial audio to create more immersive audio chats

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Clubhouse revealed plans to launch a spatial audio feature that will make voices sound as if they're coming from different directions, giving a life-like quality to conversations and virtual performances. This new surround-sound-like feature will complement performance and entertainment rooms on the chat application.

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Factoring in the number of speakers present in a Clubhouse room and a several other aspects, the app will assign users a spatial positioning. This technology will allow the listener to hear the voices in a surround-sound-like environment on their headphones, said Justin Uberti, Clubhouse's head of streaming technology.