Improved audio object and auralization support

Enable the ability to embed physically accurate audio into Enscape walkthroughs, so clients can hear the acoustic impact of design decisions in addition to seeing them. These features would extend Enscape’s existing sound source infrastructure to support simulation-driven auralization with scene-based A/B comparison.

Scene-Triggered Audio & Visual States

• Bind audio states (active sound object) to SketchUp scenes or Enscape saved views

• Switching scenes changes both geometry (tag visibility) and the audio environment simultaneously

• A single listener position can have multiple audio objects tied to it, toggled by the scene trigger (to change the audio condition at a single point)

Listener Position Navigation

• Listener position markers tied to specific audio objects, with annotations describing each position

• Listener positions accessible via an easily navigable list in the UI

• Quick-nav controls to teleport directly to any listener position

Impulse Response Support

• Import acoustic simulation impulse responses (IRs)

• Convolve dry audio files (speech, music, crowd noise) with IRs for real-time playback during walkthroughs

Spatial / Directional Audio

• Accept B-format (first-order) or higher-order ambisonic impulse responses

• Head-tracking in VR viewer, rotation directly rotates the decoded soundfield