Positional Audio in MetaCraft

[Tbone]

http://metacraft.ch/first-news-on-metacraft/

This is very interesting and hopefully I'll get to test it today. MetaCraft, the "official" MinecRIFT server, has added positional audio via Mumble. When in their Mumble server, apparently you only hear others when you are within a certain radius of them. Plus you hear them as if the sound is coming from where their character is! It's been described as doing for your ears what the Oculus Rift does for your eyes! We'll definitely be testing this out as soon as they open it up! Here's the update:

"Hello People!

Well, in short, here is a small Update from our side. In this section you are able to leave comments to news, and just be Up to Date =)

For now, here some Information of what is going on:

-The first Event is soon! Be patient, we will release a Date =)
-We will shut down our Teamspeak. It will be replaced with Mumble.
-PLEASE! Update to Minecrift build 105! The Biggest changes here would be 3D sound (More to that later) and chat config! Yes, you can move the Chat around (More later, too)
-We are working on some Backend stuff (Also, donations are now soon considered - If you have any suggestions for VIP status extensions, leave them here =) )

Minecraft VR – MetaCraft Positional Sound

Alright, now to the first feature of Minecrift 105 (Thanks goes to Mabrowning!)

Some of you already have tested it. How to set it up will be explained as soon as it is released.

What it does? Realistic voice chat  in Minecraft! That means if you are far away from a player, you won’t be able to hear him. You can also hear from what direction he is talking to you.

New Chat Settings

You are now able to change Chat location and size!
These settings are not found in the VR settings.

Go to “Options -> Multiplayer“. You will see X and Y parameters, find the setting you like =)!

Thats it for now – any questions and suggestions are welcome!

Cheers!
Schemen"

[Tbone]

Guide to Enable Positional Audio

[Sared]

Would love to hear more as you get a chance to play with it!

[Tbone]

Simply put, this is extremely awesome. I really hope it gets implemented into every future online VR game. Right now it's a bit of a hassle because you have to login to Mumble and set it up, but if it was done automatically for you as part of the game (as some games have done), it will redefine how we communicate in online games, ESPECIALLY since they keyboard will be hard to find in VR.