Amd trueaudio next and steam audio will offer a total experience in virtual reality

Virtual reality is in fashion and it will be no less this year 2018, that is why AMD and Valve have started a cooperation to add TrueAudio Next technology within Steam Audio, which will offer a better experience of use in systems virtual reality.

AMD TrueAudio Next wants to revolutionize VR

The addition of this TrueAudio Next technology will also allow Steam Audio to accelerate the processing of the audio to download to the system and thereby improve the performance of the games. Thanks to this , the CPU power will be more available for other tasks such as physical and artificial intelligence of enemies. It should also help reduce processor saturation, thereby dropping frames much less, resulting in a smoother gaming experience.

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This new AMD technology reserves a part of the computing power of the GPU for tasks related to audio, developers will be able to reserve for this purpose between 20% and 25% of the power of the GPU. In order not to impair game performance, this technology can be disabled in scenes with higher graphics load so that all the GPU capabilities are used to process graphics.

TrueAudio Next also includes complex algorithms to increase acoustic complexity within virtual reality, an example of this is the use of convolution reverb that allows you to model a wide range of acoustic phenomena and leads to a greater sense of presence.

This new technology is compatible with the following AMD graphics cards:

• Radeon RX 470 SeriesRadeon RX 480 SeriesRadeon RX 570 SeriesRadeon RX 580 SeriesRadeon R9 FuryRadeon R9 Fury XRadeon Pro DuoRadeon RX Vega 56Radeon RX Vega 64