Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited

Christopher Buchanan

Calum Armstrong

Danjeli Schembri

Lewis Thresh

A method for compensating for a crash event during display of a virtual environment on a virtual reality, VR, headset, the method comprising: receiving virtual display content representing a virtual environment, tracking the orientation of the VR headset, rendering and displaying virtual display content according to the orientation of the VR headset during normal operation, prior to a crash event; rendering future virtual display content associated with a plurality of possible orientations of the VR headset; detecting a crash event, preventing further rendering of virtual display content; and displaying a virtual display sequence based on the rendered future virtual display content after the crash event to prevent a sudden stop in the display of the virtual environment.

Method and system for compensating for a crash event during display of a virtual environment on a virtual reality headset

The invention provides techniques for intelligently positioning speech in a virtual environment. Factors such as user preferences, the location of virtual environment audio and/or visual events, avatar location, and others can be taken into account when selecting a suitable location for the speech. The virtual environment can be a game environment, a meeting environment, an augmented reality environment, a virtual reality environment, and the like. The invention can be implemented by an audio processing unit which may be part of a game console.

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Christopher Buchanan