Use this method to play a WAV file ansynchronously through the system sound card and spatialize it to the 3D location of the object. The 3D spatialization algorithms used will depend on what hardware is available, but the underlying software SDK is Microsoft DirectSound based. If there is hardware support for advanced spatialization features (e.g., head-related transfer function, echoic surfaces, and reverberation), this will be utilized if the system's sound settings are set to take full advantage of hardware acceleration. Otherwise, software implemented algorithms of DirectSound will be used for spatialization.

Note: The coordinates used in generating the 3D sound effects are based on the location of the child object and not the location of actual geometry within the object. To get correct results, it is best to model the object centered about the origin so that the coordinates system of the child object and the geometry coincide.