Spatial9 Joins the Alliance for Open Media
Spatial9 Team · · Updated · 2 min read
Key takeaways
- Spatial9 joined the Alliance for Open Media, the consortium that develops open, royalty-free media standards, on April 16, 2025.
- As a member, Spatial9 contributes to AOMedia's open audio work, including the IAMF specification that Eclipsa Audio is built on.
- AOMedia launched in 2015. Its founding members included Amazon, Cisco, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla and Netflix, and Apple joined later.
- Membership means taking part in the standards work. It is not an endorsement of a member's products.
Wakefield, Mass., April 16, 2025
Spatial9 has joined the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia), the industry consortium that develops open, royalty-free standards for video, audio and other media. As a member, Spatial9 contributes to AOMedia's work on open audio, including the Immersive Audio Model and Formats (IAMF) specification that Eclipsa Audio is built on.
"We're excited to welcome Spatial9, reflecting our joint commitment to improve open media in new and cutting-edge ways," said Matt Frost, Chairperson of AOMedia. "We're excited to collaborate with Spatial9 to advance open web media experiences and accelerate the adoption of open web media standards, bringing cinematic-quality 3D immersive audio to today's consumer electronics."
"Joining AOMedia allows us to contribute to open standards that will shape the future of audio across streaming, gaming, AR/VR, and broadcasting," said Luiz Zanardo, Co-Founder and CEO of Spatial9.
What IAMF is
IAMF is an open container format for immersive audio. It works with existing audio codecs, such as Opus, AAC and FLAC, and describes how sound should be laid out around the listener so the same file can play on headphones, phones, TVs and soundbars. Eclipsa Audio is the consumer name for IAMF, developed by Google and Samsung, and it plays on YouTube.
Our articles on why open source matters for immersive audio and Eclipsa Audio compared with Dolby Atmos explain the format in detail. For Spatial9's earlier Eclipsa Audio work, see the AudioShake collaboration at CES 2025.
Areas of collaboration
- Open audio codecs and formats for modern media
- Immersive audio for streaming platforms
- Gaming and AR/VR audio
- Broadcast and live content
About AOMedia
The Alliance for Open Media launched in 2015 and is known for the royalty-free AV1 video codec. Its founding members included Amazon, Cisco, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla and Netflix. Apple and many other companies joined later. Membership means taking part in the standards work. It does not mean AOMedia or its members endorse a member's products.
Sources
- [Spatial9 joins the Alliance for Open Media](http://aomedia.org/press%20releases/Spatial9-Joins-the-Alliance-for-Open-Media), AOMedia press release, April 16, 2025.
- Introducing Eclipsa Audio, Google Open Source Blog, January 2025.