Method, apparatus and computer program product for spatial auditory cues

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising program code instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• receive an indication of location based navigation information for a user;
• and
• provide for generation of an auditory cue having a moving virtual source location using three-dimensional audio effects, the apparatus further caused to:
• provide for generation of a beginning of the auditory cue at a first virtual source location;
• and
• provide for generation of a transition phase of the auditory cue moving the moving virtual source location from the first virtual source location along a trajectory and ending at a second virtual source location, wherein the second virtual source location is a location positioned between the user and a location identified in the location based navigation information, and wherein the auditory cue comprises natural language instructions regarding route guidance.

A method comprising:

• receiving an indication of location based information for a user;
• providing for generation of a first auditory cue having a moving virtual source location using three-dimensional audio effects, wherein providing for generation of the first auditory cue comprises:
• providing for generation of a beginning of the first auditory cue at a first virtual source location;
• and
• providing for generation of a transition phase of the first auditory cue moving the moving virtual source location from the first virtual source location along a trajectory and ending at a second virtual source location, wherein the second virtual source location is a location positioned between the user and a location identified in the location based information;
• and
• providing a second auditory cue in response to the first auditory cue ending, wherein the second auditory cue comprises a sound generated at the second virtual source location.