Virtual Home Theater (VHT) is a multimedia player and desktop mirroring VR software that simulate the audio channels as virtual sound objects or virtual speakers, delivering true 3D spatial audio in VR, replacing the old 'head-locked' stereo audio technology.
With VHT you can watch movies and listen to music in VR using your 5.1 surround sound system or a binaural 5.1 virtual speakers when using your best headphones.
With VHT you can play stereoscopic non-VR games in VR using your 5.1 surround sound system or a binaural 5.1 virtual speakers when using your best headphones.
For true 3D spatial sound in VR, VHT uses a 6 DoF HRTF-based real-time binaural audio render that use the orientation and position of the virtual speakers and listener's head to simulate the sound of real speakers.
Download the "VHT technical note - Audio diagrams.pdf"
Ambisonics is a full-sphere surround sound format: in addition to the horizontal plane, it covers sound sources above and below the listener.
VHT support first-, second- and third-order ambisonics in the AmbiX and FuMa formats.
Audiospace is a companion file for a media file that will specify how the audio channels should be
used in virtual space as virtual audio objects for binaural audio rendering output.
This audiospace file will be used by Virtual Home Theater (VHT) VR app when a media file with
the same name will be played.
By using an audiospace file you can route any audio channel to any virtual speaker in virtual space
either as static audio objects (position is fixed in space) or dynamic audio objects (position change
with time).
This can be used to:
“VHT tools for DAZ” is a set of scripts, presets and cameras for Daz Studio 3D modeling software
specially designed as a concept to help CG artists to create 3D stereoscopic 180 or 360 degree panoramic computer generated art images or videos for VR users.
The “VHT tools for DAZ” scripts are free to use for both non-commercial and commercial purposes.
Download the "VHT tools for DAZ - User Guide.pdf"
View a quick demo
Download the "VHT_tools_for_DAZ - v1.0.1 - 20Feb2024.zip" scripts.
Download sample #1 (a VR panoramic 3D image with audiospace static audio objects).
Download sample #2 (a VR panoramic 3D image at 65 mm and at 10 mm IPD).
Download sample #3 (a VR panoramic 3D image with audiospace static audio objects).
Download sample #4 (a VR panoramic 3D video with audiospace dynamic audio objects).
“VHT tools for Blender” is a Python script add-on for Blender 3D modeling software specially
designed as a concept to help CG artists to create 3D stereoscopic 180 or 360 degree panoramic computer generated art images or videos for VR users.
The “VHT tools for Blender” Python script add-on is free and open source under GPL 3.0 license.
Download the "VHT tools for Blender - User Guide.pdf"
View a quick demo
Get the "VHT-tools-for-Blender" add-on from GiHub
Download sample #4 (a VR 180 degree panoramic 3D image).
Download sample #5 (a VR 360 degree panoramic 3D image).