Sometimes, startups fail due to technical problems or a lack of interest from potential investors and fail to gain development traction. This latter case appears to be the issue befalling A 3 Audio.

For years, the Unity Engine has earned goodwill from developers large and small for its royalty-free licensing structure, which meant developers incurred no extra costs based on how well a game sold.

Unity, maker of a popular cross-platform engine and toolkit, will not pursue a broadly unpopular Runtime Fee that would have charged developers based on game installs rather than per-seat licenses.

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. In 2023, Samsung announced that it was working with Google and others to create a new spatial audio format. Immersive Audio ...