[saturdaysaint]

Now that tactical shooters have gone from a hardcore gamer niche to arguably the primary way many teenagers hang out with peers, good spatial sound is a huge opportunity. If someone could make $200 headphones where you could easily perceive if someone was above you or below you in Fortnite or Warzone, you would have a billion dollar company. As it is, most of us need visual indicators to tell where a nearby gunshot on the same level as us came from.

[Cthulhu_]

Err. There are plenty of surround sound headphones in the <$200 range, like ones from Logitech, and they are a billion dollar company.

[gruez]

I think he's talking about the "virtual" surround that's mentioned in the article, rather than the "true" surround that's in most consumer headphones these days. The article mentions that the former is superior because they can simulate effects from other parts of your body (eg. chest/shoulders) and can be combined with head tracking.

[moftz]

I bought a $200 wireless Turtle Beach headset for my Xbox 360 in 2010 (released in 2008) that came with Dolby Surround 7.1 and Dolby Pro Logic IIx which is meant for creating surround sound from stereo sources. It has both a stereo RCA and Toslink inputs. You're over a decade behind the times.