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the development of advanced runtime sound systems for games and extended reality
Development of advanced runtime sound systems for games and extended reality
The essence of interactive audio -- Early digital audio hardware -- Sample replay -- Interactive audio development roles -- Audio resource management -- Loading and streaming concepts -- Streaming case-studies -- The architecture of audio runtimes -- Quick Curves: Transcendental optimisations -- Objects, voices, sources and handles -- Modelling distance -- Implementing voice groups -- Implementing listeners -- Split-screen multiplayer audio -- Runtime system physical layers -- Mixing and resampling systems -- Interactive audio codecs -- Panning sounds for speakers and headphones -- Ambisonic surround sound principles and practice -- Design and selection of digital filters -- Interactive reverberation -- Geometrical interactions, occlusion and reflections -- Audio outputs and endpoints.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Simon N Goodwin is an Interactive Audio Technology Consultant who lives and works in Warwick, UK. His game-development career started in the 8-bit 1970s, latterly including a productive decade as Principal Programmer in the Central Technology Group at Codemasters Software Company, where he designed and implemented advanced Ambisonic 3D audio technology in multi-million-selling games, including six number 1 hits in the UK and major EU territories and two BAFTA award winners, RaceDriver Grid and F1 2010. Simon has professionally developed games, tools, audio and VR technology for Amiga Inc., Atari Corp., Attention to Detail, Central ITV, Codemasters, Digital Precision, dk'tronics, Dolby, DTS, Electronic Arts, Quicksilva, Racal and Silicon Studio Ltd., and written regular technical columns for many magazines including Amiga Format, Crash, Linux Format and Personal Computer World. Simon is expert in console, mobile and PC audio and streaming system development, variously working as an inventor, sound designer, game audio programmer and audio systems engineer. He has been granted five US and UK patents, advises on AHRC and EPSRC research programmes and gives talks at GDC, AES and university conferences.