A brand new patent from Sony exhibits that the corporate is taking a look at gameplay replays that would present the participant the “what if” of a state of affairs.
For instance, when taking a look at a replay of your gameplay, this patent describes a method that you may see what would have occurred in the identical gameplay, should you had turned proper as a substitute of left, as a hypothetical.
Any participant who has frolicked with a multiplayer first-person shooter is aware of the sensation of pondering they need to have received a specific gunfight, or may have received it.
If you happen to may go over your personal gameplay, and see what may have occurred in several eventualities, that would assist to present any participant extra sport data, and assist gamers to be taught what they will do to vary their gameplay and enhance.
You’ll be able to learn a part of the patent’s description for your self, right here:
“The strategy consists of offering an interface that identifies on or extra what-if eventualities for the earlier gameplay.
The a number of what-if eventualities being chosen for inclusion into the interface is predicated on processing the recording of the earlier gameplay by a machine studying mannequin to establish what-if eventualities for the person, and choices for what-if eventualities are supplied to the interface.
The strategy consists of enabling the choice of not less than one of many what-if eventualities from the choices. The choice causes an adjustment to metadata related to the recording of the earlier gameplay.
The strategy consists of replaying the recording that was chosen utilizing the adjusted metadata to generate the choice final result of the earlier gameplay.”
In fact, like many Sony patents, this might by no means actually see the sunshine of day. Although the idea is fascinating, and will have huge ramifications regarding the progress of esports.
Supply – [OPAttack]