Think about Dragons rocked CES Thursday night time with a reside, non-public live performance in Dolby Atmos at Dolby Stay in Las Vegas.
Dolby Stay at Park MGM (previously Park Theater) is a 5,200-seat theater that was outfitted with Atmos after Dolby took over the venue in 2021. This was Think about Dragons’ first efficiency incorporating Atmos as they carried out hits reminiscent of “Demons” and “Radioactive” to an energized residence crowd.
The live performance benefitted Tyler Robinson Basis, Think about Dragons’ nonprofit devoted to supporting households dealing with a pediatric most cancers prognosis, and roughly 35 native charities serving underserved communities within the Las Vegas space. Along with internet hosting visitors from the buyer tech confab, Think about Dragons and Dolby gave away hundreds of tickets to the group members, volunteers and folks these organizations serve.
This week at CES, Dolby has been selling Atmos, initially launched in 2012 for film theaters, as an immersive sound format for music, and, extra lately, the corporate has been working to develop its attain into reside venues and vehicles.
On the latter, Atmos will first be out there within the new Mercedes‑Maybach S‑Class, in addition to the EQE, EQE SUV, EQS and EQS SUV. This week in Las Vegas, Dolby is demoing the facility of the format with choose vehicles together with the posh Maybach, which has 31 audio system and subwoofers within the seats. Delegates may choose Atmos-mixed music contained in the car from a protracted listing of artists together with Lizzo, Taylor Swift and Woman Gaga in addition to remastered classics from artists reminiscent of Elton John and bands together with Rush.
This week, Dolby additionally introduced new instruments for builders out there by means of Dolby.io, together with the
beta launch of plug-ins for Unity 3D and Epic Video games’ Unreal Engine.