Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC

Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC

Shawn He

Mohammed Aafaq Khan

Miao Li

Matt DeVico

Matthew A DeVico

Mohammed Kahn

A method for building a gaming environment. The method includes accessing a base VR model of a real-world environment from a third party mapping data store, wherein the real-world environment includes a plurality of real-world objects. The method includes augmenting a first object in the base VR model that corresponds to a first real-world object in the real-world environment. The method includes stitching in the first object that is augmented into the base VR model to generate an augmented base VR model. The method includes storing the augmented base VR model to a library data store comprising a plurality of augmented base VR models for use as virtual environments of corresponding gaming applications storing the augmented base VR model to a library data store comprising a plurality of augmented base VR models. The method includes using one or more of the plurality of augmented base VR models to define a virtual environment of a gaming application.

Building virtual reality (VR) gaming environments using real-world virtual reality maps

Methods and systems are provided for augmenting a video game with an image of a real world person. One example method includes executing the video game at a server. The video game is played by a user via a user device. The method includes identifying a generic spectator within the video game. The method includes determining virtual coordinates associated with the generic spectator. The method includes receiving, at the server, data associated with the image of the real world person. The data is usable to display at least part of the image of the real world person within the video game. The method includes inserting said at least part of the image of the real world person into the video game at the virtual coordinates associated with the generic spectator. The method includes streaming video to the user device. The video includes said at least part of the image of the real world person. The identifying of the generic spectator includes selecting the generic spectator from a plurality of generic spectators based on a level of visibility of the generic spectator has with respect to a point of view of the user when playing the video game.

Augmenting virtual reality video games with friend avatars

Methods and systems are provided for augmenting a video game with an avatar of a real world person. A method provides for executing a video game being played by a user via a head mounted display (HMD). The method includes operations for identifying a generic spectator within the video game and determining virtual coordinates associated with the generic spectator. The method also provides receiving data associated with an avatar of a real world person that is usable to display the avatar within the video game in three-dimensional (3D) form. The method provides removing the generic spectator from view within the video game and inserting the avatar into the video game at the virtual coordinates associated with the generic spectator. The method further provides rendering a virtual reality (VR) presentation of the video game for the user having a view of the avatar and sending the VR presentation to an HMD of the user for display.

A method is provided, including the following operations: receiving at least one video feed from at least one camera disposed in a venue; processing the at least one video feed to generate a video stream that provides a view of the venue; transmitting the video stream over a network to a client device, for rendering to a head-mounted display; wherein processing the at least one video feed includes, analyzing the at least one video feed to identify a projectile object that is launched in the venue, wherein in the video stream, the projectile object is replaced with a virtual object, the virtual object being animated in the video stream so as to exhibit a path of travel that is towards the head-mounted display as the video stream is rendered to the head-mounted display.

Projectile object rendering for a virtual reality spectator

Measuring performance and capacity of a networked server coupled to a cluster of client machines, including: initializing each client machine of the cluster of client machines with a number of client applications; performing a first feedback process of configuring the number of client applications for the each client machine such that each client application adjusts its own operation to achieve a first balance point of a client application count for the each client machine; and performing a second feedback process in which the networked server and the cluster of client machines achieve a second balance point of a client machine count for the networked server.

Automatic performance and capacity measurement for networked servers

Data monitoring including: establishing a real-time connection between at least two processing entities; defining transfer preferences for data and metrics to be sent for monitoring; and sending the data and metrics from at least one sending entity to a collecting entity of the at least two processing entities using a data push process, wherein the data push process is based on the transfer preferences defined in advance for the data and metrics.

Real-time data monitoring based on data push

Measuring performance and capacity of a networked server, the method including: initializing each client machine of a cluster of client machines with a fixed number of client applications, wherein each client application uses a different type of operations to communicate with a server; generating a first feedback process of a current state of each client machine and overall behavior of the client applications; enabling each client application to self adjust its own operation based on the first feedback process; and setting up a second feedback process for the server in which the server and the cluster of client machines reach a balance point of a client count for the server.

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