Spatial audio system for videoconferencing

A computing device, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium, the processor configured to execute processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:
• detect a head pose of a user in front of the computing device that has joined a video conference;
• determine a first relative direction of a participant user interface (UI) element for an active speaker of the video conference with respect to the user based on a first location of the participant UI element and the head pose of the user, the participant UI element comprising a window and a representation of a corresponding participant presented in a UI for the video conference displayed on a screen of the computing device;
• generate a spatial audio for at least an audio signal of the active speaker based on the first relative direction;
• output the spatial audio;
• generate an updated spatial audio based on a second relative direction, wherein the second relative direction is towards a second location closer to a center location on the screen that the user is facing than the first relative direction, the center location determined based on the head pose of the user;
• and
• output the updated spatial audio.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to:

• detect a head pose of a user in front of a computing device that has joined a video conference;
• determine a first relative direction of a participant user interface (UI) element for an active speaker of the video conference with respect to the user based on a first location of the participant UI element and the head pose of the user, the participant UI element comprising a window and a representation of a corresponding participant presented in a UI for the video conference displayed on a screen of the computing device;
• generate a spatial audio for at least an audio signal of the active speaker based on the first relative direction;
• output the spatial audio;
• generate an updated spatial audio based on a second relative direction, wherein the second relative direction is towards a second location closer to a center location on the screen that the user is facing than the first relative direction, the center location determined based on the head pose of the user;
• and
• play the updated spatial audio.