Spatial audio specialists and Sennheiser have been working closely for a while now, sharing booths at trade shows and developing VR workflows together. The two companies have now announced that The Sennheiser Group has taken a majority shareholding in Dear Reality GmbH.

Dear Reality are probably best known for its dearVR PRO binaural, Ambisonics and multichannel encoder with totally realistic room virtualisation, specialise in spatial audio algorithms and VR/AR audio software. We understand that they will continue to operate as a separate company and they want to reassure customers that they not only will be able to rely on existing dearVR products but also can look forward to joint VR/AR workflows by Sennheiser and Dear Reality. Uwe Cremering, responsible for AMBEO Immersive Audio at Sennheiser, will support the company as a third CEO alongside founders Achim Fell and Christian Sander.

Sennheiser co-CEO Dr. Andreas Sennheiser told us…

“For us, 3D audio is the future. With AMBEO, Sennheiser is active in all areas of immersive audio production, from the initial recording to mixing and processing and, finally, reproduction. Audio software is an important building block in this production chain, especially as regards VR/AR applications.”

Sennheiser co-CEO Daniel Sennheiser continued…

“We are pleased to have gained additional highly qualified software experts and further 3D audio products with the acquisition of Dear Reality. At the same time, leveraging the strength of the Sennheiser brand and its global distribution network will give Dear Reality a larger scope of action.”

Dear Reality founders Achim Fell and Christian Sander added…

“We have been working closely with Sennheiser as an investor and partner for the past one and a half years, and are excited to now become a part of the Sennheiser family. 3D audio software has an ever-increasing importance in audio production. Together, we will expand our innovative, professional end-to-end workflows – and develop new ones.”

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