Directional audio for virtual environments

摘要

Technology is described for providing audio for digital content. The digital content may be provided to a plurality of devices. Each device may be associated with a profile. At least one group of profiles may be identified from the plurality of devices that share an affiliation. The group of profiles may be represented as a group of environment objects in the digital content. A location may be identified within the digital content that corresponds to the group of environment objects. Audio may be received for the devices. The audio may be received while the digital content is being transmitted to the plurality of devices. The audio may be transmitted to the plurality of devices for directional audio playback. The audio may be directed to correspond with the virtual location of the at least one group of environment objects in the digital content.

主权项

1. A method for providing directed audio for a three dimensional (3D) virtual environment, the method comprising:
under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions: providing, using one or more processors of the computer systems, the 3D virtual environment to depict a plurality of environment objects; identifying, using the one or more processors of the computer systems, a group of environment objects from the plurality of environment objects using affiliation tags with a characteristic shared by the environment objects in the group, wherein the environment objects in the group are associated with users of the 3D virtual environment; identifying, using the one or more processors of the computer systems, a virtual location within the 3D virtual environment that corresponds to the group of environment objects; selecting, using the one or more processors of the computer systems, audio for the group of environment objects, wherein the audio is associated with an event occurring within the 3D virtual environment; and providing, using the one or more processors of the computer systems, the audio that is associated with the group of environment objects for directional audio playback, the audio being directed to simulate the virtual location of the group of environment objects in the 3D virtual environment, the audio being provided with the 3D virtual environment.