“OpenAL is the audio programming interface inside the games
Heavy Gear II (Figure 1) and Soldier Of Fortune, both ported to
Linux by Loki Entertainment and available for purchase on-line
from Loki’s Web site. Demo versions are also available, but the
demos are rather large (Heavy Gear II is a 67 MB tarball), so
unless you have a broadband connection, prepare to be patient while
downloading the packages. And of course you’ll need a 3D graphics
card with hardware support for OpenGL graphics
acceleration….”
“Unfortunately, at this time there are no games with
hardware-accelerated OpenAL support. Nevertheless, the games do
give the player a good idea of what OpenAL can do as a generalized
game sound server, and I highly recommend testing them on your
system. They’re great games anyway, so you’re sure to have some
good fun with them. Meanwhile, Creative Labs’ presence and input to
the project certainly indicates that hardware support for OpenAL is
sure to arrive soon.”