CLIENT SIDE PROCESSING OF PLAYER MOVEMENT IN A REMOTE GAMING ENVIRONMENT

摘要

Embodiments of the present invention provide client-side scene movement using imagery generated by a game server. Embodiments of the present invention predictively render additional imagery surrounding the present field of view. The predictive scene imagery may be on all sides of the current field of view. Embodiments of the present invention determine the amount of predictive scene imagery generated according to a likelihood of use. In addition to client-adjusted rotation, embodiments of the present invention may predictively translate the field of view. Translation is moving the point of view forward, backward or side-to-side. Predictive translation imagery may be communicated to the game server for use in local translation functions.

主权项

1. One or more computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a computing device, perform a method of client-rendering player movement in a server-based gaming environment, the method comprising:
receiving, from a game server, a rendered video game image comprising primary scene imagery and predictive scene imagery, the primary scene imagery being within a game's current field of view and the predictive scene imagery being outside of and adjacent to the current field of view; outputting for display a first video frame that depicts the primary scene imagery and not the predictive scene imagery; receiving a controller instruction to rotate the current field of view to a new field of view; and without receiving additional rendered images from the game server, generating, at a game client, a second video frame showing the new field of view comprising part of the primary scene imagery and part of the predictive scene imagery.