Directional audio for virtual environments

A method for providing audio associated with a digital content, the method comprising:

• under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions:
• providing, using one or more processors of the computer systems, the digital content to a plurality of devices, wherein each device is associated with a profile;
• identifying, using the one or more processors of the computer systems, at least one group of profiles from the plurality of devices that share an affiliation, the group of profiles being represented as a group of environment objects in the digital content;
• identifying, using the one or more processors of the computer systems, a location within the digital content that corresponds to the group of environment objects;
• receiving, using the one or more processors of the computer systems, audio from the devices, the audio being received while the digital content is being transmitted to the plurality of devices;
• and
• transmitting, using the one or more processors of the computer systems, the audio to the plurality of devices for directional audio playback, the audio being directed to correspond with the location of the at least one group of environment objects in the digital content.

A system for providing audio for digital content, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory device including a data store to store a plurality of data and instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• generate the digital content to depict a plurality of environment objects;
• identify a group of environment objects from the plurality of environment objects using affiliation tags with a defined characteristic shared by the environment objects in the group, wherein the environment objects in the group are associated with users of the digital content;
• identify a virtual location within the digital content for the group of environment objects;
• select audio for the group of environment objects that are associated with an event that is occurring within the digital content;
• and
• transmit the audio that is associated with the group of environment objects at the virtual location to enable directional audio playback, the audio being provided with the digital content.