Real-Time Spatial Audio for Software-Defined Vehicles

Spatial Auto is the only modern 3D audio platform that allows real-time audio object placement anywhere in the automotive cabin experience. This unique capability allows Spatial Auto to conduct real time interactions with auto sensor suites and advanced driver assistance (ADAS) systems. Spatial Auto enables advanced driver interactions and spatial awareness for enhanced safety and accelerated human reaction times. Spatial audio cues are especially critical during handoffs from conditional autonomy to driver supervised modes in high risk situations.

Spatial Auto allows the car designer to craft fully bespoke custom immersive content that is seamlessly blended with traditional audio formats for an optimal auto cabin experience. Common traditional audio integrations include local or streamed stereo, surround sound, upmixed surround sound and Dolby Atmos*.

Spatial Auto allows for an unparalleled cabin experience while managing external aural environmental factors and seamlessly interleaving the cabin human experience. Custom soundscapes enhance your brand design ranging from engaging high performance driving experience, creating a meditative zen zone to recharge, or anything in between. Spatial Auto natively enables a multitude of continuously refreshed & updatable immersive soundscape experiences managed via software updates.

*Requires third party integrations.

Yes, you can scale the ideal aural experience matching global brand requirements. One of our key advantages is the ability to design spatial audio once and deploy it across various speaker configurations (for different trims or vehicles on the same platform). Our real-time rendering engine ensures optimal audio rendering for each configuration, maintaining the intended spatial placement and physics, regardless of model-specific variations worldwide.

Spatial Auto leverages the creative design power of Spatial Studio. Spatial Studio is our 3D native design tool for real time immersive and interactive acoustic design. Traditional audio design tools weren’t built from the ground up for modern compute and audio architectures thus adding to workflow complexity and lack of flexibility.The combination of Spatial Studio and Spatial Reality dramatically accelerates the acoustic creative design process. Try it today in your innovation design center and deploy immediately to a wide range of your vehicle design prototypes.

We’ve optimized the Spatial Auto platform to target modern compute systems that are being deployed in vehicles today. As an example, NVIDIA’s Drive platform allows for a real-time combination of customized in-cabin experiences, over the air updates, AI/machine learning processing, autonomous safety systems integration and more. Spatial’s real-time audio system can take advantage of these underlying capabilities.

We’ve found that working closely with OEMs from the design phase to be the best approach and maximize the impact of the acoustic environment. That can start with early prototype/proof of concept vehicles or integrate directly in more advanced stages of the vehicle design. Our rapid modern software-centric approach minimizes the lead time requirements if an OEM is rapidly approaching production. Contact us for more detailed information.