Sony filed a patent for technology to watch live at e-sport venue with VR


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The patent that Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) applied to the US Patent and Trademark Office has been released.

Spectator View Into an Interactive Gaming World Showcased In A Live Event Held In A Real-World Venue
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The patent filed by SIE on October 6, 2017 through Sony Interactive Entertainment America, a subsidiary of the United States, was published on April 4, 2019. The title of the patent is 'SPECTATOR VIEW INTO AN INTERACTIVE GAMING WORLD SHOWCASED IN A LIVE EVENT HELD IN A REAL-WORLD VENUE', and when it is in Japanese, the audience of the interactive game world exhibited at a live event in the real world Meaning 'viewpoint'.

The figure of the live venue attached to the application is like this. It shows three screens lined up on the stage and the appearance of the audience sitting in the audience seat.



The stage is like this, the player wearing the headset splits into two teams and plays a racing game. At first glance it looks like an ordinary e-sports venue ......



There are innumerable cameras and sound collectors installed at the venue.



Therefore, it is possible to reproduce the event site of VR world with the data of the event site collected, and to reproduce the event site with the headsets and speakers of the spectators who are in remote places.



A picture of the stage viewed from the audience seat ...



There is also a figure that looks at the person next to the audience seat through the headset. From this, it can be imagined that it is a patent for watching e-sports at VR, just as if you were actually in the hall.



It is also possible to move the seat of the event hall reproduced by VR using the controller.



You can also watch the game itself in VR. The application shows that 'the battle scene between Zeus's son Kraitos and his enemies in

God of War ' is viewed from multiple viewpoints as 'an example of an interactive game'.



Spectators can switch between multiple viewpoints to watch the battle from any angle.

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