Audio is a 'medium' that is invisible, weightless, untouchable, and yet is one of the most immersive paradigms that is used across VR/AR/MR technologies and verticals. Sound recordings instantly transport people, they can give you synesthesia-like experiences of memories of times long past. Despite this vast immersive and emotive power, audio is often relegated to the "we can do it last" or "that's easy" categories and hence the vast power and benefit of audio in our new immersive technologies is forfeited. In this presentation, we will unpack the benefit of audio to your VR/AR experiences, how it is different between standard games, VR, AR, 360 platforms, as well as basics on the pipeline, and some creative workflow and ideation approaches that will help non-audio-savvy professionals and audio professionals alike, from any vertical, make use of Audio to deepen their experience.
