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PositionalAudioHelper

This helper displays the directional cone of a positional audio.

PositionalAudioHelper must be added as a child of the positional audio.

Code Example

const positionalAudio = new THREE.PositionalAudio( listener );
positionalAudio.setDirectionalCone( 180, 230, 0.1 );
scene.add( positionalAudio );
const helper = new PositionalAudioHelper( positionalAudio );
positionalAudio.add( helper );

Import

PositionalAudioHelper is an addon, and must be imported explicitly, see Installation#Addons.

import { PositionalAudioHelper } from 'three/addons/helpers/PositionalAudioHelper.js';

Constructor

new PositionalAudioHelper( audio : PositionalAudio, range : number, divisionsInnerAngle : number, divisionsOuterAngle : number )

Constructs a new positional audio helper.

audio

The audio to visualize.
range

The range of the directional cone.

Default is 1.
divisionsInnerAngle

The number of divisions of the inner part of the directional cone.

Default is 16.
divisionsOuterAngle

The number of divisions of the outer part of the directional cone.

Default is 2.

Properties

.audio : PositionalAudio

The audio to visualize.

.divisionsInnerAngle : number

The number of divisions of the inner part of the directional cone.

Default is 16.

.divisionsOuterAngle : number

The number of divisions of the outer part of the directional cone.

Default is 2.

.range : number

The range of the directional cone.

Default is 1.

Methods

.dispose()

Frees the GPU-related resources allocated by this instance. Call this method whenever this instance is no longer used in your app.

.update()

Updates the helper. This method must be called whenever the directional cone of the positional audio is changed.

Source

examples/jsm/helpers/PositionalAudioHelper.js