Method and system for immersive virtual reality (VR) streaming with reduced audio latency

An apparatus comprising:

• one or more processors;
• an audio rendering device;
• one or more network circuits operable to communicatively couple said apparatus to a server device through a network;
• and
• one or more memory devices coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, from the server device, a sequence of audio frame data generated to correspond to first positional information of a user;
• receiving, during rendering of a set of audio frames from the sequence of audio frame data using the audio rendering device, second positional information related to the user;
• modifying at least a subset of the set of audio frames based at least in part on the second positional information to generate a set of modified audio frames;
• and
• rendering the set of modified audio frames using the audio rendering device.

A computer implemented method comprising:

• generating, by a server device, a set of audio frames for rendering using an audio rendering device of a client device, the set of audio frames corresponding to first positional information of a user;
• receiving, from the client device, second positional information corresponding to the user;
• determining a head-related transfer function (HRTF) based at least in part on the second positional information;
• applying the HRTF to modify at least a subset of the set of audio frames to generate a set of modified audio frames corresponding to the second positional information of the user;
• and
• transmitting, from the server device and to the client device, a stream of audio frame data representative of the set of modified audio frames for rendering using the audio rendering device of the client device.