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.
The company was founded by Christian Sander and Achim Fell in Düsseldorf, Germany 2014. In 2018 Sennheiser invested in Dear Reality and in 2019 acquired the company.
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.
Dear Reality is mainly known for its 3D audio mixing plugins; (stylised dearVR) dearVR Music, dearVR Pro and dearVR SPATIAL CONNECT.
Later their virtual monitoring plugin dearVR MONITOR became relevant in the audio industry for mixing Dolby Atmos through headphones.