Audio control for extended-reality shared space

An extended reality headset for audio signal processing, the extended reality headset comprising:

• a memory configured to store at least one microphone signal;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• determine that first audio activity in the at least one microphone signal is voice activity of a first participant in an application session active between at least the first participant and a second participant, wherein the first participant is a user of the extended reality headset and the second participant is a user of a device;
• determine a context of the first participant with respect to the application session, wherein the context indicates that at least one of a voice of the first participant in the application session is currently disabled, the first participant in the application session is in a private mode with at least one other participant of the application session, or the voice of the first participant in the application session is blocked by a virtual barrier;
• based at least on the determined context of the first participant with respect to the application session and the determination that the first audio activity is voice activity of the first participant in the application session active on the device, generate an antinoise signal to cancel the first audio activity including the voice activity of the first participant in the application session active on the device;
• and
• cause a loudspeaker to produce an acoustic signal that is based on the antinoise signal.