Earlier in his career, Ray Dolby helped Ampex Corporation develop the first VCR. In 1965 he founded his own company, the Dolby Laboratories. Through his noise suppression system, he has decisively shaped the era of the compact cassette, and he has also stamped on modern cinema and home cinema.
Thanks to the multi-channel technology and the installation of several loudspeakers, the cinema experience, as we know it today, was only possible. The current sound format in the cinema is Dolby Atmos. Modern AV home theater systems also carry the Dolby seal.
Ray Dolby and Dolby Laboratories were honored with ten Oscars and 13 Emmys for their technologies. The venue of the Oscar ceremony was renamed Dolby Theater in 2012.
As Dolby Laboratories announced, Ray Dolby died on September 12, 2013 after a long illness in his home in San Francisco. He was 80 years old. "We lost a friend, a mentor, and a real visionary today," said Dolby Laboratories CEO Kevin Yeaman. Dolby's son, Tom Dolby, emphasizes that the technological achievements of his father have a special love for music and art.
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