MULTIDIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A process and system for generating three dimensional sound conferencing includes generating a virtual map with a plurality of positions, each participant selecting one of the positions, determining a direction from each position to each other position on the map, determining a distance from each position to each other position on the map, receiving sound from each participant, mixing the received sound, transforming the mixed sound into binaural audio, and directing the binaural audio sound to each participant via a speaker associated with the virtual position of the speaking participant. The result is a clarified sound that gives to the listening participant a sense of where the speaking participant is positioned relative to the listening participant.

主权项

1. A computer implemented multi-dimensional sound conferencing method for a plurality of conference participants comprising:
assigning, via a processor, each conference participant to a unique position on a computer generated map of a real or virtual venue subdivided into a plurality of blocks, wherein the plurality of conference participants includes speaking participants and listening participants and each block is composed of one or more of the participants; receiving a voice sound from one or more of the speaking participants in one of the blocks; mixing the received voice sound from the one or more speaking participants in the one block into a block voice sound; determining a latency of sound traveling through air over a predicted distance between the one block and the listening participants in each of the other blocks to yield a latency of sound caused by air for each listening participant in each of the other blocks; adjusting the block voice sound to generate a converted block sound for a transmission to the listening participants in each of the other blocks such that the transmission has a latency which is the same as the latency of sound caused by air for each listening participant in each of the other blocks; and transforming the converted block sound to binaural sound for the transmission to the listening participants in each of the other blocks.