The company Audiokinetic has aangekonding are audio platform Wwise Engine, which in several popular pc games is used, porting it to Linux. In addition, the company, in particular the recently announced SteamOS for eyes.
The Wwise platform consists of several parts. Thus, there is a soundengine, a corresponding authoring tool, and a real-time gamesimulator. Also offers Wwise plug-in architecture, allowing all kinds of extensions to the engine to add it. The Wwise software is used in popular titles such as Assassin’s Creed, Halo 4, Mass Effect, Saints Row: The Third and Total War: Rome II.
Audiokinetic has its sound engine is currently running on Windows, OS X, but also on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360/One consoles, but the company has, via Twitter announced that it is currently busy for his software to be ported to Linux. In addition the company is focussing in particular on the Valve announced SteamOS. This operating system provides the Steam client in the open-source operating system.
Announcements from companies such as Audiokinetic are important for Valve, because it increases the chance that more parties their development platforms suitable to go for Linux. This is for gamedevelopers easier for new as well as existing games go porting it to SteamOS.