Methods and systems for displaying digital smart objects in a three dimensional environment

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a processor comprising at least one core, implements a method of displaying three-dimensional (3D) objects in a game development environment of a game engine during development of a 3D interactive environment, comprising:

• transmitting a request to receive a 3D digital smart object, wherein the 3D digital smart object is enclosed in a 3D placeholder, and wherein the 3D smart object is further associated with event triggers configured to transmit user interaction or viewability information to a computing device by:
• determining a proportion of the 3D smart object on a graphical user interface of a 3D environment, and
• obtaining a percentage of the screen of the graphical user interface that the 3D smart object is covering, wherein the obtaining is performed using a screen bounding function of a 3D engine of the 3D environment;
• receiving the 3D digital smart object and its associated 3D digital smart object data from the computing device, wherein the 3D digital smart object data is associated with an asset category and asset type, the 3D digital smart object data including an asset, asset anchor location, and standard asset size information of the asset;
• receiving a scaling information and a position location related to the 3D digital smart object from a developer, wherein the scaling information provides a factor for each coordinate of the placeholder, wherein the factor determines the relative size of the 3D digital smart object at the position location;
• and
• displaying the 3D digital smart object within the game at the position location, and wherein the scaling information and position location are further transmitted to the computing device.

A system to display three-dimensional (3D) objects in a game development environment of a game engine during development of a 3D interactive environment, comprising:

• a memory device;
• a processing device of the game engine comprising one or more cores, coupled to the memory device, configured to:
• transmit a request to receive a 3D digital smart object, wherein the 3D digital smart object is enclosed in a 3D placeholder, and wherein the 3D smart object is further associated with event triggers configured to transmit user interaction or viewability information to a computing device, the event triggers configured to:
• determine a proportion of the 3D smart object on a graphical user interface of a 3D environment, and
• obtain a percentage of the screen of the graphical user interface that the 3D smart object is covering, wherein the obtaining of the percentage is performed using a screen bounding function of a 3D engine of the 3D environment;
• receive the 3D digital smart object and its associated 3D digital smart object data from the computing device, wherein the 3D digital smart object data is associated with an asset category and asset type, the 3D digital smart object data including an asset, asset anchor location, and standard asset size information of the asset;
• receive a scaling information and a position location related to the 3D digital smart object from a developer, wherein the scaling information provides a factor for each coordinate of the placeholder, wherein the factor determines the relative size of the 3D digital smart object at the position location;
• and
• display the 3D digital smart object within the game at the position location, and wherein the scaling information and position location are further transmitted to the computing device.