Guest Contribution by Kenny Young Tethered is an immersive VR strategy game in which you take on the role of a god-like spirit tasked with looking after your flock of ‘Peeps’, the cute but simple-minded inhabitants of the beautiful, floating archipelagos that you gaze down upon from your lofty seat amongst the clouds. This disembodied third person perspective sets the … [Read more...]
Auro Technologies Founder Wilfried van Baelen On The Future Of 3D Audio
In a recent interview on connectedlife.style Wilfried van Baelen, founder of Auro Technologies, talks about his work on Auro-3D & the future of 3D-Audio. After 140 years of the evolution of sound, we finally have sound in 3D, we can integrate it and, of course, what you see now is a learning curve for the whole industry. This is just the beginning of a lot of learning for … [Read more...]
Oculus Releases 3D Audio Visualizer
Oculus just released a new version of their Spatializer VST/AAX plugin. In addition to providing the basic controls included with the standard VST or AAX plugins, it adds a VR interface allowing users to optionally visualize and manipulate sound parameters within VR, using either Oculus Touch or Xbox controllers. The sound locations of all Visualizer channels are visible with … [Read more...]
VR Audio: Trends and Challenges of Pioneering a New Field
Virtual reality is a new frontier for audio and sound design. The industry is buzzing with potential and new technology, though many elements have yet to be figured out or agreed upon. Travis Fodor is an audio engineer, editor and sound designer who has worked with a variety of VR startups and 360 video projects as well as the Music and Audio Research Group at … [Read more...]
3D Audio: Weighing The Options
Guest Contribution by: Anastasia Devana With the recent rise of virtual reality (VR), there is a growing interest in fully spatialized 3D audio. Several plugins are available for implementing 3D audio, and choosing between them can be difficult, especially if you’re tackling this technology for the first time. While it may seem that all 3D audio plugins do the … [Read more...]