Sound objects should contain sound samples to be played on a given schedule, or on command from the local object on the server to the remote object on the client. If a sound object also has an "a3dl:object3d" type, then it could be spatialized in 3d space by the client. The tricky part is how to achieve approximate synchonization between all clients.
See also MODs for inspiration.
Voice chat?
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- Should sound store current state in a property, or send special play, pause,
- etc. messages? How is current time point stored? How can new clients connect?
- Maybe a hybrid: use messsages for play, pause, etc. but new clients can
- query current state (and recieve e.g. play message containing starting time point in the stream).
- One question, is should we assume that VOS property updates are delivered to
- the listener ASAP? Or should we say that messages are always delivered ASAP, but property updates may take some time? Does VOS need priority numbers on messages?
speech comm. using http://www.speex.org/ or something similiar.