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- Google Cardboard SDK adds spacial audio to better compete with the Oculus Rift
Posted by : Brij Bhushan
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Google’s Cardboard platform provides a nice cursory VR experience, but may be getting a lot better. The latest Cardboard SDK for Unity supports spacial audio, which it hopes will engage your ears to the level your eyes are. Spacial audio is a nice slight-of-hand when it comes to VR audio for Cardboard. With the headphones you already have, Cardboard can feign noises coming from different angles. The SDK also lets developers create sound for any virtual space. A distant spaceship won’t suddenly pop into your left ear; it’ll slowly rumble into existence, even if you can’t see it yet. Sounds…
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