Dynamic Sky Box Image and Audio Adaptation for Game Immersion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current computer game assets, such as sky boxes, lack dynamic interaction with game characters, limiting their visual and auditory appeal, especially when characters approach or move away from the sky box boundary.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that dynamically modify images and audio in sky boxes based on the movement of characters relative to the sky box boundary, using AI engines and generative models to enhance the visual and auditory experience by enlarging or reducing elements and adjusting audio volumes accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If sky box assets are kept static to maintain simulation simplicity, then device complexity is reduced, but visual and auditory appeal deteriorates when characters approach the sky box
Solution Approach 1:
The sky box transitions from a static background to a dynamic environment that responds to character movement. As characters approach the sky box boundary, the system dynamically enlarges sky box images and increases audio volumes, creating an immersive effect without requiring complex manual animation for every scenario
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes key parameters (image size and audio volume) based on character distance to the sky box. This allows the sky box to adapt its visual and auditory properties dynamically, improving appeal while maintaining relatively simple implementation through parameter adjustment rather than complete scene reconstruction
2Adaptability or versatility
If sky box images are enlarged when characters approach, then visual appeal is improved, but processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of generating entirely new high-resolution sky box images in real-time, the system uses copies or scaled versions of existing sky box assets. This approach maintains visual appeal through image enlargement while avoiding the computational complexity of procedural generation or real-time rendering of new assets
3Adaptability or versatility
If audio volumes are increased dynamically, then auditory immersion is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
Audio volume adjustments occur periodically based on character movement phases rather than continuously. The system monitors character distance to the sky box and adjusts audio levels at relevant transition points, maintaining auditory immersion while reducing unnecessary processing and energy consumption during stable states
Data Source
AI summary
A character in a game world of a computer simulation is identified as moving toward a sky box in the simulation. The computer simulation does not permit simulation characters to enter the sky box. However, techniques are described for modifying an image or audio or both of the sky box responsive to identifying the character is moving toward the sky box.