Audio configuration switching in virtual reality

A system for navigating through a shared artificial reality environment, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory comprising instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform:
• receiving an indication of artificial reality location information for a user;
• determining, for the user, an audio configuration based on the artificial reality location information or an application;
• determining, based on a location of another user in the shared artificial reality environment, a switch point for changing the audio configuration for audio between the user and the another user;
• determining that the location of the another user and a location of the user in the shared artificial reality environment are within a spatial boundary of a virtual area for availability of another audio configuration;
• changing, based on the switch point, the audio configuration to the another audio configuration;
• and
• outputting audio based on the another audio configuration.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations for navigating through a shared artificial reality environment, comprising:

• receiving an indication of artificial reality location information for a user;
• determining, for the user, an audio configuration based on the artificial reality location information or an application;
• determining, based on a location of another user in the shared artificial reality environment, a switch point for changing the audio configuration for audio between the user and the another user;
• receiving, at the switch point and based on user input, a selection of an audio configuration mode;
• determining that the location of the another user and a location of the user in the shared artificial reality environment are within a spatial boundary of a virtual area for availability of another audio configuration;
• changing, based on the audio configuration mode, the audio configuration to add the another audio configuration;
• and
• outputting audio based on the audio configuration and the another audio configuration.