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

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which when executed by a computing device, comprising at least one core, executes a method to generate a three-dimensional (3D) digital smart object in a development platform of a first 3D environment, the method comprising:

• receiving a 3D placeholder in the development platform, the development platform configured to receive the 3D placeholder via at least one of an Application Programming Interface (API) or a Software Development Kit (SDK);
• providing an asset into the 3D placeholder;
• receiving asset data associated with the asset, the asset data including asset category and asset type, and wherein the asset data further includes a minimum and maximum asset polygon count value;
• determining standard asset size information of the asset, the standard asset size information including an X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis dimension of the asset;
• receiving an asset positioning information, the asset positioning information including an anchor location and an asset orientation, wherein the anchor location being at least one of the X-axis, Y-axis, Z-axis, or a combination thereof, of the 3D placeholder and wherein the asset orientation is the desired orientation of the asset;
• associating the asset, asset data, standard asset size information, and asset positioning information with at least one event trigger, the at least one event trigger can determine user interaction with or viewability of the asset, when the asset is displayed in a second 3D environment, by:
• determining a proportion of the asset on a graphical user interface of the second 3D environment, and
• obtaining a percentage of the screen of the graphical user interface that the asset is covering, wherein the obtaining is performed using a screen bounding function of a 3D engine of the second 3D environment;
• wherein the asset, asset data, standard asset size information, and asset positioning information is transmitted from the development platform to a server computer via the at least one of the API or the SDK, wherein the first 3D environment is located in a development computer, and the second 3D environment is located in a client computer.

A system to generate a three-dimensional (3D) digital smart object in a development platform of a first 3D environment, comprising:

• a memory device;
• and
• a processing system comprising at least one hardware processing core, coupled to the memory device, the processing system configured to:
• receive a 3D placeholder in the development platform, wherein the development platform is configured to receive the 3D placeholder via at least one of an Application Programming Interface (API) or a Software Development Kit (SDK);
• receive an asset into the 3D placeholder;
• receive asset data associated with the asset, the asset data including asset category and asset type, and wherein the asset data further includes a minimum and maximum asset polygon count value;
• determine standard asset size information of the asset, the standard asset size information including an X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis dimension of the asset;
• receive an asset positioning information, the asset positioning information including an anchor location and an asset orientation, wherein the anchor location being at least one of the X-axis, Y-axis, Z-axis, or a combination thereof, of the 3D placeholder and wherein the asset orientation is the desired orientation of the asset;
• associate the asset, asset data, standard asset size information, and asset positioning information with at least one event trigger, the at least one event trigger can determine user interaction with or viewability of the asset, when the asset is displayed in a second 3D environment, the at least one event trigger configured to:
• determine a proportion of the asset on a graphical user interface of the second 3D environment, and
• obtain a percentage of the screen of the graphical user interface that the asset is covering, wherein the obtaining is performed using a screen bounding function of a 3D engine of the second 3D environment;
• wherein the asset, asset data, standard asset size information, and asset positioning information is transmitted from the development platform to a server computer via the at least one of the API or the SDK, wherein the first 3D environment is located in a development computer, and the second 3D environment is located in a client computer.