How will audio support the next wave in immersion? From 3D audio in VR to digital assistants to sound for IoT, the sonic landscape is evolving with computation. Learn how audio can help both active and passive interaction in present and future waves of immersion from Chris Hegstrom, Senior VR Audio Specialist, The Sound Lab at Technicolor Presented as part of the VR-AR Track at Power of Play 2017 hosted by the Washington Interactive Network

1. 10TH ANNUAL VIDEO GAME AND INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE
Presented by and
Chris Hegstrom
Senior VR Audio Specialist
The Sound Lab at Technicolor
Sound and Immersive
Content

2. Sound and
Immersive
Content
The future of audio
design in the age of
advanced computing

3. Games and Audio Tech
RAM to CPU
VR Games
= 3D audio
CPU to GPU
± Screen = ± Speakers

4. Audio & the VR Winter
Winter is a time for reflection
Standardization & culling
What’s worth keeping?
What can we toss?
What’s coming next?

5. Audio & the VR Winter

6. Personal Assistant
Race for voice integration
Accurate / Conversational
On the road to ubiquity

7. Internet of Things
Unnatural transition
Illusion of control
Audio lingustics
Assurance during the transition

8. Utilitarian Sound Design -

9. Utilitarian Sound Design +

10. Future of Sonic Consumption?
3D Augmented Audio
Audio Linguistics
Ambient Computing
Conditional Adaptive Parameters

11. Appendices…
Life after the Smartphone: http://www.businessinsider.sg/death-of-the-smartphone-and-what-comes-after-2017-3/?r=US&IR=T#gzWwLJxXbKMee8eh.97
Future of Streaming & Sonic Branding: http://www.bandt.com.au/opinion/streaming-set-break-sound-barrier-marketers-listeners-2017
Future of Game Audio: https://www.asoundeffect.com/game-audio-future-ben-minto/
Computers for Your Ears: https://thenextweb.com/apps/2017/04/07/here-one-earbuds-real-future-of-ar/#.tnw_W5bGlgGI
Rise of 3D Audio: http://www.psneurope.com/the-rise-of-3d-audio/
Design for the Ear, Not for the Eye: http://fortune.com/2017/04/22/alexa-design/