Audio rays bounce around the environment before returning back to the player. These rays lose energy based on the types of surface they hit (wood, metal, grass, etc).

The total energy returning to the player, as well as the elapsed time, are two of many statistics used to produce echo that matches the environment.

Environmental and material statistics are also used to determine the final reverb sound.

Vercidium Audio will be available in many forms. Game engine plugins handle the heavy lifting for beginners, and cross-platform SDKs provide low-level APIs for experts.

Raytracing can also be used to visualise audio for deaf players. By rendering shapes / icons where rays bounce, 3D audio can be painted directly onto the game world.

To suit any game and target hardware, there are a wide selection of performance, technical and stylised settings that both players and developers can customise.

Vercidium Audio uses an innovative raytracing algorithm that runs on background threads on the CPU. Smart caching systems and event-based updates ensure that rays are only cast when they need to be.

Higher ray counts can be achieved by dedicating more threads to audio raytracing, or by utilising OpenGL compute shaders.