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For VR you could just use a pair of headphones with HRTF. This is what that can sound like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYdIidUIbAs https://www.youtube.com

For VR you could just use a pair of headphones with HRTF. This is what that can sound like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYdIidUIbAs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYdIidUIbAs

BizarroLand 4y ago
Those are great for spatial audio, true, but they are simply not capable of making sound seem like it is directly in front of me. Some sound comes in through the nose, not a lot obviously, but enough that headphones are dramatically bad at generating sound in front of you. Plus, given enough calculation and precision, you could create areas that are nearly sonically separated from each other using wave cancellation, and as people move through the space it would change the sonic characteristics of the space and create new vibes. There's a lot of untapped awesomeness in the audio world, we just need to tools to craft them
- WithinReason 4y ago
  Check out the video I linked then
  - BizarroLand 4y ago
    I did. It never sounds like it's in front of me. It's not capable of making sound in such a way as so the sound feels like it is directly in front of me, it's always to the sides or behind me. Maybe other people feel it, but I do not.
    - WithinReason 4y ago
      Well, I tried with some one else who also didn't feel any spatial effect. I think it depends on whether the binaural recording was done with a head/ear shape similar to yours. So you'll just have to take my word for it that the audio positioning is very accurate. A good HRTF implementation should be calibrated to your head, Sony was talking about that when discussing the PS5's spatial audio: https://youtu.be/ph8LyNIT9sg?t=2979 https://youtu.be/ph8LyNIT9sg?t=2979
      - BizarroLand 4y ago
        I do feel it behind me, around my head, but I don't hear it coming from in front of me. It never crosses the threshold to be audibly in front of me because microphones cannot send sound in through my nose or vibrate my face.
        WithinReason 4y ago
        The sound can sound the same as if it passed through your nose and face though. The model head they recorded this with had a different nose and face than yours, but you face could also be modelled in an HRTF.

For VR you could just use a pair of headphones with HRTF. This is what that can sound like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYdIidUIbAs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYdIidUIbAs

BizarroLand 4y ago

Those are great for spatial audio, true, but they are simply not capable of making sound seem like it is directly in front of me. Some sound comes in through the nose, not a lot obviously, but enough that headphones are dramatically bad at generating sound in front of you. Plus, given enough calculation and precision, you could create areas that are nearly sonically separated from each other using wave cancellation, and as people move through the space it would change the sonic characteristics of the space and create new vibes. There's a lot of untapped awesomeness in the audio world, we just need to tools to craft them

WithinReason 4y ago
Check out the video I linked then
- BizarroLand 4y ago
  I did. It never sounds like it's in front of me. It's not capable of making sound in such a way as so the sound feels like it is directly in front of me, it's always to the sides or behind me. Maybe other people feel it, but I do not.
  - WithinReason 4y ago
    Well, I tried with some one else who also didn't feel any spatial effect. I think it depends on whether the binaural recording was done with a head/ear shape similar to yours. So you'll just have to take my word for it that the audio positioning is very accurate. A good HRTF implementation should be calibrated to your head, Sony was talking about that when discussing the PS5's spatial audio: https://youtu.be/ph8LyNIT9sg?t=2979 https://youtu.be/ph8LyNIT9sg?t=2979
    - BizarroLand 4y ago
      I do feel it behind me, around my head, but I don't hear it coming from in front of me. It never crosses the threshold to be audibly in front of me because microphones cannot send sound in through my nose or vibrate my face.
      - WithinReason 4y ago
        The sound can sound the same as if it passed through your nose and face though. The model head they recorded this with had a different nose and face than yours, but you face could also be modelled in an HRTF.