Sora 2 vs Veo 3.1: I tested both AI video generators with 7 audio prompts

Everyone's obsessing over which AI video generator produces the prettiest pixels, but they're missing the point entirely. The real battleground between OpenAI's Sora 2 and Google's Veo 3.1 isn't visual fidelity — it's audio sophistication and spatial realism.

Both models have their quirks. Sora 2's Cameo feature lets you place yourself in scenes beautifully. Veo 3.1 nails cross-scene consistency. But their real value is audio, and both are surprisingly good at it. Unlike other models where audio is an add-on, with Sora and Veo, it's baked into the training data.

These aren't just video generators with soundtracks tacked on — they're attempting to model acoustic environments, Doppler shifts, reverb characteristics, and how sound bleeds between spaces. Sometimes they succeed brilliantly. S