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Dear Reality

Dear Reality GmbH is a German company specialising in 3D audio software and virtual acoustics. They have developed software tools for professional audio production of linear and interactive immersive audio content in augmented reality, virtual reality, video games, sound design and music.[1]

History

The company was founded by Christian Sander and Achim Fell in Düsseldorf, Germany 2014. In 2018[2] Sennheiser[3][4] invested in Dear Reality[5] and in 2019 acquired the company.[6]

In 2025 the company announced end of developing their products. The license manager which authorizes all the products will be deactivated after July 31, 2025. But new versions of almost all the plugins without the license manager can now be download for free through Sennheiser AMBEO here.

Products

Dear Reality is mainly known for its 3D audio mixing plugins; (stylised dearVR) dearVR Music,[7][8] dearVR Pro[9][10] and dearVR SPATIAL CONNECT.[11][12][13][14][15][16]

Later their virtual monitoring plugin dearVR MONITOR[17] became relevant in the audio industry for mixing Dolby Atmos through headphones.

External links

References

  1. THE FUTURE OF SOUND: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTIAN SANDER (DEAR REALITY) DIGILITY^
  2. Sennheiser Invests in Dear Reality & Sonic Emotion to Enhance Its VR/AR Capabilities VI Partners, retrieved 2018-10-10^
  3. SENNHEISER EXPANDS AMBEO IMMERSIVE AUDIO WITH NEW COOPERATION AND TECHNOLOGIES Sennheiser^
  4. Sennheiser Invests in Dear Reality, Acquires Sonic Emotion MMR Magazine^
  5. SENNHEISER INVESTS IN AR/VR AUDIO COMPANY DEAR REALITY Duesseldorf.de^
  6. Milan Schlegel. Dear Reality becomes part of the Sennheiser Group Sennheiser, 2019-07-09, retrieved 2025-09-03^
  7. DEAR REALITY DEARVR MUSIC Release Time^
  8. Dear Reality dearVR music im Kurztest: endlich 3D-Sound in der Musik Beat^
  9. Dear Reality dearVR pro/dearVR music fastandwide^
  10. DEAR REALITY PRÉSENTE DEARVR PRO ET DEARVR MUSIC Logic-Nation^
  11. Dear Reality Release New Workflow for Spatial Audio VR Focus, retrieved 2018-10-10^
  12. DEAR REALITY RELEASES TWO 3D MIXING PLUGINS DEARVR MUSIC AND DEARVR PRO Noizefield^
  13. Spatial Connect: The VR audio workflow tool sound designers have been waiting for ProSoundEffects^
  14. The VR–AR–Pro Audio Link MixOnline^
  15. THESE FASCINATING NEW TOOLS LET YOU DO 3D SOUND MIXING – DIRECTLY IN VR A Sound Effect^
  16. 3D-Audio: Dear Reality – Mischen für VR in VR Sound and Recording^
  17. dearVR MONITOR on KVR Audio^