3DsoundSurge Press Release: Spider-Man: The Movie Running On Microsoft Xbox, Sony PlayStation 2, and Nintendo GameCube Gives Gamers a Dolby Cinema Audio Experience

Spider-Man: The Movie Running On Microsoft Xbox, Sony PlayStation 2, and Nintendo GameCube Gives Gamers a Dolby Cinema Audio Experience

Dolby multichannel surround sound available across all three next-gen consoles

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 2002-- For the first time, Dolby Laboratories' audio technologies have been simultaneously implemented across all three next-generation gaming platforms in Spider-Man: The Movie, recently released by Activision. Would-be web-slingers everywhere can experience immersive, cinematic surround sound during gameplay due to the incorporation of Dolby® Pro Logic® II on the Sony PlayStation® 2, Dolby Digital 5.1 on Microsoft's Xbox(TM), and Dolby Surround on the Nintendo GameCube(TM).

"Dolby has been working with game developers and publishers alike to make this cross-platform adoption of Dolby technologies in all the next-generation consoles a reality," said Jack Buser, Manager of Game Developer Relations for Dolby. "The community as a whole has realized that consumers are looking for that `new frontier' in the gaming experience and are hooking up their consoles to their home theater systems. The consistently top-selling Spider-Man: The Movie title is a testament to the consumer demand for the best quality audio experience no matter what the console platform."

Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox, and Nintendo GameCube all offer a cinematic gaming experience with Dolby multichannel audio technology. Dolby Pro Logic II delivers five channels of surround sound through conventional stereo connectors - included with all game consoles - and a system that includes a Dolby Pro Logic II decoder. Dolby Digital 5.1 delivers 5.1 channels of surround sound during actual gameplay through the Dolby Interactive Content Encoder found in the Xbox. Dolby Surround is the technology that first made home theater possible, providing four-channel surround sound over a system that includes a Dolby Surround Pro Logic decoder.

About Dolby in Games

Dolby technology allows gamers to experience cinematic-quality surround sound, and has become the standard for audio in next generation games. Dolby works closely with the game development community to raise the bar in game audio quality. Dolby has also developed the groundbreaking Interactive Content Encoder that enables real-time Dolby Digital encoding in game consoles. Today, Dolby Surround, Dolby Digital, and Dolby Pro Logic II are incorporated in hundreds of game titles on every major game platform.

About Dolby Laboratories

Dolby Laboratories is the developer of signal processing systems used worldwide in applications that include motion picture sound, consumer entertainment products, and media, broadcasting, and music recording. Based in San Francisco with European headquarters in England, the privately held company also has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, and Tokyo. For more information about Dolby Laboratories or Dolby Technologies, please visit www.dolby.com.

Dolby, Pro Logic, and the double-D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

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