Iron Edge
Iron Edge => Off Topic Discussion => Topic started by: Karga on May 13, 2009, 02:01:31 AM
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/04/dolby-axon-chat-should-exist-in-the-game-not-out-of-it.ars
can't wait to have this technology in the next generation MMORPG games.
Maybe a Diablo World or something else made by Blizzard.
Wow, very cool.
If I get surround-sound headphones...
Sounds cool. Don't think it'd work in a raid situation, though... We have enough problems hearing people stuck half way across the room in a Constrictor Tentacle, without the sound having to get through Yogg-Saron's fat arse.
'Speak up, there's a tentacle in the way!'
'Mpfmfmfmmmm!'
'What? You're constricted now?'
Quotebut hardcore players may simply dump the feature to add a tactical advantage.
its not for raiding but it seems really fun, its probably more for a gamle like L4D where it could make it even more realistic and scary.
Isn't it supposed to be quite shit? It doesn't support filtering, just alters the volume depending on the distance between targets. Occlusion is done the same way. Technically it's ~ EAX 2.0
Anyway the whole idea of a proprietary solution seems a bit superflous, I don't think it'd be a big problem for voice chat output just being fed into a game's sound pipeline. DirectX Audio etc