Auro Technologies CEO says the onus is on Auro, Dolby Atmos and DTS:X to work together to ensure backwards compatibility among all three immersive audio technologies.

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While 3D video may have fizzled out, 3D audio could be one of the most important developments in entertainment technology in the last few years.

Adding more speakers to a room can confuse the human brain, so manufacturers discuss the best way to acoustically treat a home theater for object-based surround sound.

Manufacturers debate how healthy or unhealthy it is for the market to have multiple competing object-based technologies on the market, from Dolby Atmos, DTS:X and Auro 3D.