Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Kristie Ramirez

Elizabeth Ruth Juenger

Celeste Bean

Victoria Dorn

Sepideh Karimi

Olga Rudi

Mahdi Azmandian

Sarah Karp

Katie Egeland

Lachmin Singh

Sudha Krishnamurthy

Steve Osman

Ritagya Meharishi

Alex Duplessie

Tooba Ahsen

A system uses map data of a virtual environment and object data of an avatar object including a moveset to generate an action path for traversal of the virtual environment by the avatar object. The system applies machine learning model(s) to generate one or more pathways through the virtual environment, and decompose the one or more pathways into one or more pathway segments that can be evaluated for feasibility and other factors. The system can iteratively generate and evaluate a move sequence of the action path having one or more parameters for execution by the avatar object. The system can construct the action path by combination of a plurality of pathway segments to satisfy one or more constraints associated with traversal by the avatar object from a start location to a destination location within the virtual environment.

Action path creation assistant

The present disclosure generally relates to providing virtual education and education to a user. More specifically, the present system relates to educating and onboarding spectators of electronic sports (eSports) events. The onboarding activities are used to further engage the spectators with the eSports event in general, as well as the game played during the eSports event. In other aspects, the eSports onboarding activity may be modified based on the type of game being played, the user's experience with the specific game or game genre, and other user preferences.

Esports spectator onboarding

A method and system for providing gaze-based generation of virtual effects indicators correlated with directional sounds is disclosed. Gaze data is tracked via a camera associated with a client device to identify a point of focus within a three-dimensional virtual environment towards which one or both eyes of the player are focused. When the point of focus indicated by the gaze data when the point of focus does not move towards the source location within the three-dimensional virtual environment when the directional sound is received indicates that a virtual effect indicator associated with the directional sound type of the indicated directional sound is should be generated.

Gaze-based coordination of virtual effects indicators

A method for gaming including generating game state data during execution of a video game for a game play of a player. The method includes determining a gaming context of a current point in the game play based on the game state data. The method includes inputting the game state data and the gaming context to an artificial intelligence (AI) model trained to identify one or more levels of user immersion defining user engagement with the video game. The method includes using the AI model to determine a level of user immersion for gaming for the current point in the game play, wherein the level of immersion exceeds a threshold indicating that the player is highly engaged with the video game. The method includes automatically generating an indicator that is presented to an environment surrounding the player, wherein the indicator provides notification that the player should not be interrupted.

Method and system for automatically controlling user interruption during game play of a video game

Systems and methods for automated visual trigger profiling and detection within virtual environments are provided. A visual trigger profile may be stored in memory that includes a set of visual trigger characteristics associated with a type of visual sensitivity. Buffered frames of an audiovisual stream that have not yet been displayed may be monitored to identify when a buffered frame includes a threshold level of the visual trigger characteristics associated with the visual sensitivity. A frame modification that decreases the level of the detected visual trigger characteristics associated with the visual sensitivity may be identified and applied to the identified frames. The modified frames may thereafter be presented during the audiovisual stream in place of the original (unmodified) identified frames.

Automated visual trigger profiling and detection

Methods of the present disclosure may collect data when a user plays one or more different types of games when determinations are made as to whether the difficulty of a game should be changed. The collected data maybe evaluated to identify whether a user gaming performance level corresponds to an expected level of performance. When the user gaming performance level does not correspond to an expected level of performance, parameters that change the difficultly of the game may be changed automatically. Parameters that relate to movement speed, delay or hesitation, character strengths, numbers of competitors, or other metrics may be changed incrementally until a current user performance level corresponds to an expectation level of a particular user currently playing the game. At this time, the user expectation level may be changed, and the process may be repeated as skills of the user are developed over time.

Adaptive difficulty calibration for skills-based activities in virtual environments

Methods of the present disclosure may also identify when certain users perform well at certain activities and perform poorly when performing other activities. A particular user could perform very well at a swimming game yet perform poorly at the first-person shooter game. This performance difference may be based on a physical impairment, be based on a lack of training, or be based on other factors. When a potential performance deficiency is identified, a user may be provided with a set of selections that allow the user to participate in a training session or that may allow the user to change functions of a gaming controller to account for the apparent performance deficiency. This additional training or change in controller functions may allow a user to have a more enjoyable user experience or may allow the user to perform at a higher level.

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San Mateo, CA, United States of America

Kristie Ramirez