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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2016
Aftershock Services, Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Kent Wakeford, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Tomi Huttula, San Rafael, CA (US);
Aftershock Services, Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
Online games may include game content that may be played cooperatively by groups of users. The game content may include a group roles set for the users in individual groups. Users of an online game may interact with the online game via client computing platforms. The client computing platforms may include virtual reality platforms and non-virtual reality platforms. Access to the game content of the online game may be regulated by determining whether the users are attempting to play a game instance of the online game via the virtual reality platforms or the non-virtual reality platforms. A first set of group roles may be presented to users attempting to play the game instance via the virtual reality platforms. A second set of group roles may be presented to users attempting to play the game instance via the non-virtual reality platforms.