Microsoft has started to roll out Dolby Vision on the Xbox Series X and S (test) in a first alpha for insiders. Already promised several times, the image optimizer, which, unlike the competing HDR10 standard, delivers dynamic metadata, should now find its way to the next-gen game consoles.
Dolby Vision Atmos for Xbox Insider
As Microsoft spokesman Larry “Major Nelson” Hyrb announced via the short message service Twitter, Dolby Vision, which is supposed to provide particularly high contrast values using HDR and, according to Dolby, “brighter highlights and livelier colors”, will be among the first later this week Participants of the public Xbox Insider program distributed from the “Alpha Ring”.
Get ready to transform your gaming experience with full-spectrum visuals! Rolling out to Xbox Insiders this week: Dolby Vision for gaming on Xbox Series X | S. pic.twitter.com/iU2RktHvPG
& mdash; Larry Hryb 🏡🎮☁ (@majornelson) May 14, 2021
Dolby Vision, which automatically adapts to compatible and appropriately certified displays, should make it easier for players to recognize opponents in the shadows as well as hidden clues and objects, even in dark scenes. Adaptation using dynamic metadata should also make sliders and calibration superfluous.
Microsoft promise with improved tone mapping, which is particularly noticeable on televisions with OLED displays and Dolby an even more accurate representation of HDR content in games.
Support for HDR10
With the so-called” Upmixer “it should also be possible to” beautify “games without Dolby Vision support and also to support titles that were originally designed for the HDR10 standard.
The YouTube channel xboxdynasty demonstrates the capabilities of Dolby Vision with a gaming demo on the Xbox Series X.
The rollout of the latest Xbox Insider Preview Alpha is at Hour has already started and will take place in waves as usual.