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7. Spatial Sound

Sean Ong

(1)Tukwila, Washington, USA

This chapter covers how to make the most of spatial sound in your applications. We rely heavily on our ears to precisely locate real objects around us. Our sense of hearing is able to detect extremely small differences in the arrival of sound waves at each of our ears in order to locate the position of the sound source in 3D space.

In the context of mixed reality, this is called spatial sound. Developers can leverage Mixed Reality audio tools that perform complex calculations in order to spatialize sound. These tools determine how sound waves should be modified and adjusted for each ...

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