Spatial Audio in 'Budget Cuts': A VR Stealth Game

In this 2019 GDC session, Gestrument’s Jonas Kjellberg and Valve Software’s Lakulish Antani discuss how they used Steam Audio to implement advanced spatial audio for their VR stealth game, Budget Cuts.
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[@electronmess]

One of the best talks on audio I've found so far!
Going straight to the point, practical advice, thank you so much.

[@muzboz]

I want to understand the WHITE NOISE bit more clearly. Sounds fairly easy to do, and effective. But I don't quite understand the steps.
Anyone got any further advice on steps top achieving that (in Unity, without Steam Audio)?

[@blackdragoncool]

I think splinter cell and rainbow six siege us a similar method to the "portals" approximation to simulate sound bouncing. Using markup at doors and other POI to increase performance without reducing the usefulness of the sim too much.

[@Lead_Foot]

I do wish more non-vr games and video players/streaming services would support windows' spatial sound api.

[@s--b]

benis