Virtual environment guiding method and system
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsPaul Terence Mulligan, Mark Anthony, Jun Yen Leung, Richard Carter
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Abstract
There is provided a method of guiding a user within a virtual environment in a current session. The method includes receiving data relating to user interactions with the virtual environment of a plurality of other users in a plurality of previous sessions, where a predetermined event occurred in user interactions of each of the other users; determining a representative user position, in the virtual environment, of the other users during the previous sessions; and generating a visual indicator, within the virtual environment in the current session, of the representative user position to guide the user within the virtual environment in the current session.
Claims14
A method of guiding a user within a virtual environment in a current session, the method comprising:
- receiving data relating to user interactions with the virtual environment of a plurality of other users in a plurality of previous sessions, wherein a predetermined event occurred in user interactions of each of the other users;
- determining a representative user position, in the virtual environment, of the other users during the previous sessions, wherein determining the representative user position includes:
- determining, from the received data, a respective user position, in the virtual environment, of different ones of the other users when the predetermined event occurred;
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- determining, based at least in part on aggregating the respective user positions of at least two of the other users, the representative user position;
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- generating a visual indicator, within the virtual environment in the current session, of the representative user position to guide the user within the virtual environment in the current session.
A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium containing a computer program comprising computer executable instructions adapted to cause a computer system to perform a method of guiding a user within a virtual environment in a current session, the method comprising:
- receiving data relating to user interactions with the virtual environment of a plurality of other users in a plurality of previous sessions, wherein a predetermined event occurred in user interactions of each of the other users;
- determining a representative user position, in the virtual environment, of the other users during the previous sessions, wherein determining the representative user position includes:
- determining, from the received data, a respective user position, in the virtual environment, of different ones of the other users when the predetermined event occurred;
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- determining, based at least in part on aggregating the respective user positions of at least two of the other users, the representative user position;
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- generating a visual indicator, within the virtual environment in the current session, of the representative user position to guide the user within the virtual environment in the current session.
A system for guiding a user within a virtual environment in a current session, the system comprising:
- a communication processor configured to receive data relating to user interactions with the virtual environment of a plurality of other users in a plurality of previous sessions, wherein a predetermined event occurred in user interactions of each of the other users;
- a determination processor configured to determine a representative user position, in the virtual environment, of the other users during the previous sessions, wherein determining the representative user position includes:
- determining, from the received data, a respective user position, in the virtual environment, of different ones of the other users when the predetermined event occurred;
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- determining, based at least in part on aggregating the respective user positions of at least two of the other users, the representative user position;
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- an output processor configured to generate a visual indicator, within the virtual environment in the current session, of the representative user position to guide the user within the virtual environment in the current session.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.