Controlling audio based on head position and pose
One example method includes joining, from a client device, a virtual meeting hosted by a virtual meeting provider, the virtual meeting comprising a plurality of participants, displaying the virtual meeting on the display of the client device, receiving a head tracking signal from an head tracking sensor, the head tracking signal associated with a first user of the client device, determining, based at least in part on the head tracking signal, a location and a position of the of user's head in relation to the display on which the first user is focused, and varying the volume of a first audio stream of a plurality of audio streams associated with the virtual meeting based at least in part on the position of the user's head.
1. A method comprising:
joining, from a client device, a virtual meeting hosted by a virtual meeting provider, the virtual meeting comprising a plurality of participants;
displaying the virtual meeting on the display of the client device;
receiving a head tracking signal from ahead tracking sensor, the head tracking signal associated with a first user of the client device;
determining, based at least in part on the head tracking signal, a location and a position of the of user's head in relation to the display on which the first user is focused; and
varying the volume of a first audio stream of a plurality of audio streams associated with the virtual meeting based at least in part on the position of the user's head.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the position of the user's head comprises a distance from the first user's head to the display and varying the volume further comprises varying the volume based in part on the distance.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein varying the volume based in part on the distance comprises varying the volume in proportion to the distance.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the position of the user's head comprises an angle of the user's head relative to a viewing surface of the display and varying the volume further comprises varying the volume based in part on the angle of the first user's head.
5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising decreasing the volume based on the angle of the first user's head relative to a line perpendicular to the viewing surface of the display.
6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising decreasing the volume in proportion to the increase in angle of the first user's head.
7. The method of claim 4 , wherein determining the angle of the first user's head relative to a viewing surface of the display comprises determining the distance between the user's eyes.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the angle of the user's head is inversely proportional to the distance between the user's eyes.
9. A system comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
a communications interface; and
one or more processors communicatively coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium and the communications interface, the one or more processors configured to execute processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:
join, from a client device, a virtual meeting hosted by a virtual meeting provider, the virtual meeting comprising a plurality of participants;
display the virtual meeting on the display of the client device;
receive a head tracking signal from ahead tracking sensor, the head tracking signal associated with a first user of the client device;
determine, based at least in part on the head tracking signal, a location and a position of the of user's head in relation to the display on which the first user is focused; and
vary the volume of a first audio stream of a plurality of audio streams associated with the virtual meeting based at least in part on the position of the user's head.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the position of the user's head comprises a distance from the first user's head to the display and further comprising processor executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to vary the volume further comprises varying the volume based in part on the distance.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein varying the volume based in part on the distance comprises varying the volume in proportion to the distance.
12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the position of the user's head comprises an angle of the user's head relative to a viewing surface of the display and further comprising processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to vary the volume further comprises varying the volume based in part on the angle of the first user's head.
13. The system of claim 12 , further comprising processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to decrease the volume based on the angle of the first user's head relative to a line perpendicular to the viewing surface of the display.
14. The system of claim 13 , further comprising processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to decrease the volume in proportion to the increase in angle of the first user's head.
15. The system of claim 12 , wherein determining the angle of the first user's head relative to a viewing surface of the display comprises determining the distance between the user's eyes.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the angle of the user's head is inversely proportional to the distance between the user's eyes.
17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processor to:
join, from a client device, a virtual meeting hosted by a virtual meeting provider, the virtual meeting comprising a plurality of participants;
display the virtual meeting on the display of the client device;
receive a head tracking signal from ahead tracking sensor, the head tracking signal associated with a first user of the client device;
determine, based at least in part on the head tracking signal, a location and a position of the of user's head in relation to the display on which the first user is focused; and
vary the volume of a first audio stream of a plurality of audio streams associated with the virtual meeting based at least in part on the position of the user's head.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the position of the user's head comprises an angle of the user's head relative to a viewing surface of the display and further comprising processor-executable instructions to vary the volume further comprises varying the volume based in part on the angle of the first user's head.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , further comprising processor-executable instructions to decrease the volume based on the angle of the first user's head relative to a line perpendicular to the viewing surface of the display.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , further comprising processor-executable instructions to decrease the volume in proportion to the increase in angle of the first user's head.