From: bergerde@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu (No .plan (Boo Hoo))
Subject: TECH: 3D Sound - How Is It Accomplished?
Date: 30 Apr 93 21:33:06 GMT
Organization: Drexel University, Philadelphia



When I was in Florida, I experienced some awesome 3D sound stuff at
Disneyworld/Epcot.  You can enter different booths and put on
headphones.  The sounds were incredible.  I was able to visualize
everything in my head.  Things were all around me, voices behind me,
in front of me, dogs barking to my left...  They had multiple voices
going at once.

My question is, how is this accomplished.  Is the headphones I was
wearing a standard headphone. It seemed it.  Or did they contain
multiple speakers facing multiple directions.  Or was the whole system
software driven, using different pitches, volume, and tones to get
this awesome 3D effect???

If this is software, are there any software packages that can creates
this with headphones, or surround speakers?  If hardware, how, who,
where can I get stuff for this and can I create my own sounds with the
hardware?

Thanx in advance.

bergerde@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu