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Wwise Tour 2016 - Blizzard Overwatch (4 of 7) - Pinpoint Accuracy

Game: Overwatch

Wwise Tour 2016 - Audio in Overwatch by Blizzard Entertainment. Filmed in Montreal on June 20th 2016 at Centre Phi. Presented by Scott Lawlor, Project Audio Director at Blizzard Entertainment and Tomas Neumann, Senior Software Engineer 2 at Blizzard Entertainment. Wwise by Audiokinetic. https://www.audiokinetic.com/

While the previous video, A Clear Mix, focused on showcasing how they helped the player identify "what" and "who" their threats were, here, the challenge evolves to integrate into the equation a way for the player to easily locate "where" their threat was coming from.

To achieve this, the following concepts were used: