System and method of providing faded audio experience during transition between environments

An audio system, comprising:

• a memory configured to store a second space impulse response of a second environment;
• and
• one or more processors configured to:
• generate a first space impulse response of a first environment, initiate a transition from a first audio experience to a second audio experience, wherein the first audio experience includes playback of an audio signal spatialized using the first space impulse response, and wherein the second audio experience includes playback of the audio signal spatialized using the second space impulse response,
• generate, in response to initiating the transition, a hybrid space impulse response based on the first space impulse response and the second space impulse response, and
• spatialize the audio signal using the hybrid space impulse response to generate a faded audio experience during the transition from the first audio experience to the second audio experience.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein which when executed by at least one processor of an audio system causes the audio system to:

• initiate a transition from a first audio experience to a second audio experience, wherein the first audio experience includes playback of an audio signal spatialized using a first space impulse response of a first environment, and wherein the second audio experience includes playback of the audio signal spatialized using a second space impulse response of a second environment;
• generate, in response to initiating the transition, a third space impulse response by combining the first space impulse response and the second space impulse response;
• and
• spatialize the audio signal using the third space impulse response to generate a faded audio experience during the transition from the first audio experience to the second audio experience.