Re: MISC: Inlined Sound Support

steve ([email protected])
Wed, 19 Apr 1995 09:37:22 GMT0BST


> PointSound {
> fields [ SFVec3f position, SFFloat radiusOfEffect, SFFloat volume,
> SFString url ]
>
> position 0 0 0
> radiusOfEffect 100.0
> volume 0.5
> url "http://iuma.com/Samples/HappyBirthday.aiff"
> }

> The sound source is transformed by the current transformation and can be
> heard if the viewer is withing radiusOfEffect of it (radiusOfEffect is
> important to allow sound sources to be view-volume culled, allowing a
> potentially infinite number sound sources to be handled).

Please consider adding acoutic properties surrounding the user - i.e.
walls etc. The reflections off these greatly enhance the audio
effect, making an environment sound much richer than a raw audio
sample. Spatialisation and acoustic room simulation (reverb,
material dampening etc.) is something Division has been including in
it's VR demos for the past 4 years.

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