The most interesting development in terms of surround audio may be the Oculus Rift. A number of people were working on combining high-quality VR HMD head-tracki

The most interesting development in terms of surround audio may be the Oculus Rift. A number of people were working on combining high-quality VR HMD head-tracking with headphones and a spatial audio system http://www.mee.tcd.ie/thrive/ http://www.mee.tcd.ie/thrive/ http://www.technologyreview.com/news/527826/microsofts-3-d-audio-gives-virtual-objects-a-voice/ http://www.technologyreview.com/news/527826/microsofts-3-d-a... . Then Oculus licensed a spatial audio system itself http://www.roadtovr.com/oculus-rift-dk2-realsense-3d-audio-preview-download/ http://www.roadtovr.com/oculus-rift-dk2-realsense-3d-audio-p... and announced that the first consumer version of the Rift would have integrated headphones.