Emulating a larger virtual playback room within a smaller real-world playback room for audio playback

A playback room controller for playing back audio content within a real-world playback room, the playback room controller comprising:

• a memory that stores instructions;
• and
• a processor configured to execute the instructions, the instructions, when executed by the processor, configuring the processor to:
• identify a listening area within the real-world playback room to deliver the audio content,
• generate a direct soundwave of the audio content to be directly provided to the audience within the listening area,
• identify a virtual surface of a virtual playback room for emulation within the real-world playback room, and
• generate an indirect soundwave of the audio content to be indirectly provided to the audience within the listening area that appears reflect off the virtual surface of the virtual playback room before reaching the audience.

A playback room system for playing back audio content within a real-world playback room, the playback room system comprising:

• a playback room controller configured to:
• identify a listening area within the real-world playback room to deliver the audio content,
• generate a direct soundwave of the audio content to be directly provided to the audience within the listening area,
• identify a virtual surface of a virtual playback room for emulation within the real-world playback room, and
• generate one or more indirect sound wave fronts of the audio content to be indirectly provided to the audience within the listening area that appears reflect off the virtual surfaces of the virtual playback room before reaching the audience;
• and
• a loudspeaker array configured to playback the direct soundwave of the audio and the in direct soundwave of the audio content to the audience within the listening area.