Beep to Boom

<p>Drawing on decades of experience, <i>Beep to Boom: The Development of Advanced Runtime Sound Systems for Games and Extended Reality</i> is a rigorous, comprehensive guide to interactive audio runtime systems. </p><p>Packed with practical examples and insights, the book explains each component of these complex geometries of sound. Using practical, lowest-common-denominator techniques, Goodwin covers soundfield creation across a range of platforms from phones to VR gaming consoles. </p><p>Whether creating an audio system from scratch or building on existing frameworks, the book also explains costs, benefits and priorities. In the dynamic simulated world of games and extended reality, interactive audio can now consider every intricacy of real-world sound. This book explains how and why to tame it enjoyably.</p> <p>Chapter 1 The Essence of Interactive Audio</p><p>Chapter 2 Early Digital Audio Hardware</p><p>Chapter 3 Sample Replay</p><p>Chapter 4 Interactive Audio Development Roles</p><p>Chapter 5 Audio Resource Management</p><p>Chapter 6 Loading and Streaming Concepts</p><p>Chapter 7 Streaming Case Studies</p><p>Chapter 8 The Architecture of Audio Runtimes</p><p>Chapter 9 Quick Curves - Transcendental Optimisations</p><p>Chapter 10 Objects, Voices, Sources and Handles</p><p>Chapter 11 Modelling Distance</p><p>Chapter 12 Implementing Voice Groups</p><p>Chapter 13 Implementing Listeners</p><p>Chapter 14 Split-Screen Multi-Player Audio</p><p>Chapter 15 Runtime System Physical Layers </p><p>Chapter 16 Mixing and Resampling Systems </p><p>Chapter 17 Interactive Audio Codecs </p><p>Chapter 18 Panning Sounds for Speakers and Headphones</p><p>Chapter 19 Ambisonic Surround-Sound Principles and Practice</p><p>Chapter 20 Design and Selection of Digital Filters</p><p>Chapter 21 Interactive Reverberation</p><p>Chapter 22 Geometrical Interactions, Occlusion and Reflections</p><p>Chapter 23 Audio Outputs and Endpoints</p><p>Chapter 24 Glossary and Resources</p><p><em>Acknowledgements</em></p><p><em>Index</em></p>