Computer system and computer implemented method for gaming in a virtualisation environment

A computer system for gaming in a virtualisation environment, the computer system comprising:

• at least one graphics processing unit (GPU) with a predefined GPU capacity;
• a central processing unit (CPU);
• a network interface for communicating with computing devices via a network;
• a virtualisation service to establish a virtualisation environment comprising a plurality of virtual machines, each virtual machine comprising a graphics driver to communicate with the at least one GPU;
• a memory having a plurality of instructions stored therein that, when executed by the CPU, causes the computer system to:
• obtaining information in relation to a plurality of games, the information including at least identification information that uniquely identifies each game and technical information indicative of the required GPU resource of each game;
• receiving, through the network from a remote computing device, a gaming request to play one of the plurality of games in a virtualisation environment;
• identifying the requested game and using the information in relation to the game to dynamically create a virtual machine, the virtual machine being assigned a virtual GPU capacity from the at least one GPU that matches the required GPU resource for the game;
• and
• implementing the requested game on the virtual machine.

A computer-implemented method of gaming in a virtualisation environment, the method comprising:

• obtaining information in relation to a plurality of games, the information including at least:
• identification information that uniquely identifies each game;
• technical information indicative of the required GPU resource of each game;
• usage data indicating historical and/or present usage of each game in a virtualisation environment;
• providing a plurality of GPU servers, each GPU server comprising at least one graphics processing unit (GPU) with a predefined GPU capacity, a central processing unit (CPU), a memory and a network interface for facilitating communication with computing devices through a network;
• receiving, through the network from a computing device, a plurality of gaming requests, each gaming request being to play one of the plurality of games in a virtualisation environment, and comprising at least identification information uniquely identifying the requested game and location information relating to the request;
• and
• using the obtained information in relation to the plurality of games and the location information to determine a GPU resource requirement relative to the predefined GPU capacity for an identified location.

A computer system for gaming in a virtualisation environment, the computer system comprising:

• at least one graphics processing unit (GPU) with a predefined GPU capacity;
• a central processing unit (CPU);
• a network interface for communicating with computing devices via a network;
• a virtualisation service to establish a virtualisation environment comprising a plurality of virtual machines, each virtual machine comprising a graphics driver to communicate with the at least one GPU;
• a memory having a plurality of instructions stored therein that, when executed by the CPU, causes the computer system to:
• obtaining information in relation to a plurality of games, the information including at least
• identification information that uniquely identifies each game;
• technical information indicative of the required GPU resource of each game;
• usage data indicating historical and/or present usage of each game;
• receiving, through the network from a computing device, a plurality of gaming requests, each gaming request being to play one of the plurality of games in a virtualisation environment, and comprising at least identification information uniquely identifying the requested game and location information relating to the request;
• using the obtained information in relation to the plurality of games and the location information to determine a GPU resource requirement relative to the predefined GPU capacity for an identified location.