Methods and systems for determining past and future cycles of scenes that employ looping functions

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising one or more computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method for determining a future or past cycle of a scene that employs a looping function, the method comprising:

• creating a scene that includes a repeating segment, wherein the repeating segment has a finite duration;
• separating the repeating segment into an identified number of looped cycles, wherein each looped cycle in the repeating segment includes a rendering of an animation and wherein each looped cycle in the repeating segment includes a randomized loop delay such that a time between renderings of the animation within each looped cycle is not consistent, wherein a random number generator is used to identify the loop delay;
• prior to rendering the scene, aggregating a duration of each looped cycle in the repeating segment to determine a total length of time of the repeating segment, wherein the random number generator is used to determine the total length of time of the repeating segment;
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• determining which of the number of looped cycles in the scene is actively being rendered at a specified time based on the total length of time of the repeating segment as determined prior to the rendering of the scene.

A computing device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising one or more computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to perform a method for determining a future or past cycle of a scene that employs a looping function, the method comprising:
• creating a scene that includes a repeating segment, wherein the repeating segment has a finite duration;
• separating the repeating segment into an identified number of looped cycles, wherein each looped cycle in the repeating segment includes a rendering of an animation and wherein each looped cycle in the repeating segment includes a randomized loop delay such that a time between renderings of the animation within each looped cycle is not consistent, wherein a random number generator is used to identify the loop delay;
• prior to rendering the scene, aggregating a duration of each looped cycle in the scene to determine a total length of time of the repeating segment, wherein the random number generator is used to determine the total length of time of the repeating segment;
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• determining which of the number of looped cycles in the scene is actively being rendered at a specified time based on the total length of time of the repeating segment as determined prior to the rendering of the scene.