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The latest PlayStation beta lets you create personalized 3D audio profiles on your PS5 that could help you “better sense the positions of characters and objects in a game world.” If you’re wearing headphones or earbuds with your PS5, you can perform sound tests to optimize the audio to best suit your needs.
As shown in the video provided by Sony, the tests will ask you various questions, like where you hear a particular sound coming from and the angle you hear a sound moving in. Based on your answers, your PS5 will create an audio profile that will be saved to your account and ideally improve the simulated effect to help you track sounds around you in games.
You can create an audio profile by going to the settings menu and selecting S…
