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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2020
Electronic Arts Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Han Liu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mohsen Sardari, Redwood City, CA (US);
Harold Henry Chaput, Belmont, CA (US);
Navid Aghdaie, San Jose, CA (US);
Kazi Atif-Uz Zaman, Foster City, CA (US);
Kenneth Alan Moss, Redwood City, CA (US);
Electronic Arts Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the systems and methods described herein provide a virtual object aging system. The virtual object aging system can utilize artificial intelligence to modify virtual objects within a video game to age and/or deteriorate for a certain time period. The virtual object aging system can be used to determine erosion, melting ice, and/or other environmental effects on virtual objects within the game. The virtual object aging system can apply aging, rust, weathering, and/or other effects that cause persistent change to object meshes and textures.