The day started (and ended) at Dolby’s headquarters in San Francisco where YellowPike Media flew in four of their favorite gamers to experience Dolby Atmos from the top down. They were allowed to document their encounter along the way and we were there to document the entire thing.

First up was to see, hear and feel what exactly Atmos is in the theatrical experience. To do this, Dolby opened up their invite only theater for our gamers. Dolby played a few of their demos along with a few projects we aren’t allowed to share that were mixed in the 3D sound space. They were projected in Dolby Vision, as well. To say the sights and sounds were mind-blowing is to minimize the true immersive quality both of these aspect provided.

Next up was to bring the experience home for the gamers. Dolby wanted to let them feel what Atmos would feel like in a home setting. They were offered two different experiences, one with mounted and professionally installed speakers in a home living room environment and a second in a more modular system meant for apartment installations. Both were just as dynamic as the theater, with the obviously opportunity for more distraction.

Then came the main event. Our gamers were given two different headsets to play with, the Plantronics 800LX and the Plantronics 400LX. This is where the team of gamers shined and gave us the best stuff for what we were there to do, make the first video below.