Dolby® Axon represents the future of voice communication for online games and virtual worlds. Crafted from the ground up specifically for game developers, Dolby Axon enables a realistic voice experience that matches the game environment and greatly expands game-play possibilities.
Surround sound: Dolby Axon delivers an immersing and realistic voice experience complete with surround panning and distance attenuation.
Voice fonts: Dolby Axon features voice fonts so players can alter their voices to better match their in-game personas.
Dolby voice pipeline: Dolby Axon features an innovative suite of proprietary voice processing technologies to deliver a clear voice experience free of unwanted noise, echo, clipping, and leveling problems.
Flexible API: Dolby Axon’s flexible API enables creative integration and game-play options. Developers can create new voice items in games (such as spy microphones) to enhance game play.
Hosted Online Voice Solution
In addition, Dolby's proven server technology allows players to communicate online and provides high reliability and real-time scalability in a turnkey solution.
Infrastructure provided: Dolby hosts the necessary infrastructure, so developers can focus on building the game while Dolby manages the player’s voice needs.
Simple and flexible voice integration: Dolby Axon Network is easy to implement with integration engineering support, flexible APIs, detailed documentation, and sample code.
Multilayer support 24/7: Dolby offers around-the-clock service. Developers can rely on the quality support that Dolby is known for in cinemas, recording studios, and broadcast facilities the world over.
Uptime guarantee: Dolby Axon Network gives online developers peace of mind with high availability and uptime—guaranteed.
Efficient Voice Server Operations
Dolby Axon servers utilize advanced server mixing, networking technology, and a proprietary Dolby codec to achieve massive scalability and efficiency.
Real-time monitoring: Dolby Axon offers game operators a real-time monitoring portal to check the system status and voice usage.
Massive scalability: Dolby Axon seamlessly scales across servers to support very large worlds. It also supports various world architectures and multiple instances.
Bandwidth efficiency: Dolby Axon delivers a high-quality surround voice experience with very low bandwidth cost to gamers. Average bandwidth for complex surround scenes is as low as 16 kbps per player.