Interactive Geometric Sound Propagation for Games

Background and Challenges Modeling the acoustic properties of a virtual environment is an important step in simulating the acoustic response of building such as auditorium. It is also gaining importance for interactive applications such as games or virtual environments, where spatialized sound adds a stronger immersion effect. In practice, realistic sound can only be achieved by simulation of the sound waves from the source sources to the listener. The result is spatial sound that adds directly to the immersion of the application by giving an intuitive impression of the environment.