ABSTRACT

This chapter discusses solutions and processes that one can use in creating sound for the new realities. Key to all of this is thinking and designing spatial content. One of the key aspects of spatial audio is designing and creating an audio environment that has a sense of presence all around the audience and elements to focus on. This adds to the audience's agency by providing more content to interact with. Some production and encoding tools for 360 video provide a function for attention focus. This can really enhance the experience for the audience if used well. The attention focus function allows you to define a region of one's viewing space that the audience is looking directly at and attenuate the audio for content outside of that focus cone. This is a very powerful tool in creating immersive 360 content as it allows to define and control the cocktail party effect.