Methods and systems for simulating spatially-varying acoustics of an extended reality world

A method comprising:

• identifying, by an acoustics simulation system implemented by a multi-access edge compute server associated with a provider network providing network service to a media player device used by a user, a location within an extended reality world of an avatar of the user as the user uses the media player device to experience, via the avatar, the extended reality world from the identified location;
• selecting, by the acoustics simulation system from an impulse response library that includes a plurality of different impulse responses each corresponding to a different subspace of the extended reality world, an impulse response that corresponds to a particular subspace of the different subspaces of the extended reality world, the particular subspace associated with the identified location;
• receiving, by the acoustics simulation system from the media player device, acoustic propagation data indicative of an orientation of a head of the avatar;
• generating, by the acoustics simulation system based on the selected impulse response and the acoustic propagation data indicative of the orientation of the head, an audio stream configured, when rendered by the media player device, to present sound to the user in accordance with simulated acoustics customized to the identified location of the avatar within the extended reality world;
• and
• providing, by the acoustics simulation system to the media player device, the generated audio stream for rendering by the media player device.

A system comprising:

• a memory storing instructions;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to:
• identify a location within an extended reality world of an avatar of a user who is using a media player device to experience, via the avatar, the extended reality world from the identified location;
• select, from an impulse response library that includes a plurality of different impulse responses each corresponding to a different subspace of the extended reality world, an impulse response that corresponds to a particular subspace of the different subspaces of the extended reality world, the particular subspace associated with the identified location;
• and
• generate, based on the selected impulse response, an audio stream configured, when rendered by the media player device, to present sound to the user in accordance with simulated acoustics customized to the identified location of the avatar within the extended reality world.