Nokia Achieves 'World’s First' Phone Call with 3D Spatial Audio

Nokia Makes ‘World’s First’ Phone Call , Using Spatial Audio.<br />On June 10, Nokia said that it completed <br />"the first audio and video call using <br />3D spatial audio," The Verge reports. .<br />The call was made with the 3GPP Immersive Video and Audio Services (IVAS) codec on a cell network.<br />The IVAS codec enables callers to experience <br />"sound spatially in real-time," the company said. .<br />It is part of an upcoming <br />5G upgrade called 5G Advanced.<br />Presently, cell phone calls are monophonic, compressed into one channel.<br />But spatial audio is perceived <br />from multiple directions since audio is delivered through numerous channels.<br />Some apps currently offer <br />spatial audio, but the experience is only available on supported listening devices.<br />A "vast majority" of smartphones <br />would be able to enable spatial audio <br />with the IVAS codec, Nokia says.<br />This is now becoming standardized ... so the <br />network providers, chipset manufacturers, <br />handset manufacturers can begin to <br />implement it in their products. , Nokia president Jenni Lukander, via statement.<br />The Verge reports that it will <br />likely be a few more years before the <br />technology becomes mainstream.