The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) provisioning a cloud gaming environment with a plurality of containers that share a single operating system instance, (2) allocating each container within the plurality of containers to a corresponding user, (3) executing, concurrently, within each container within the plurality of containers a corresponding video game instance and (4) streaming, concurrently, from the cloud gaming environment, a video game instance from each container within the plurality of containers to a corresponding client system. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

A voice acquisition section 126 acquires a voice of a user viewing content. A recording processing section 116 records content data and user voice data and generates a content file in which the content data and the user voice data are associated with a recording time. A voice detection section 136 detects whether or not the voice of the user has been acquired by the voice acquisition section 126. An event information generation section 140 generates event information including a start time and an end time of the acquisition of the voice of the user. A communication section 102 transmits the event information to a server.

Methods and systems for presenting an image of a user interacting with a video game includes providing images of a virtual reality (VR) scene of the video game for rendering on a display screen of a head mounted display (HMD). The images of the VR scene are generated as part of game play of the video game. An input provided at a user interface on the HMD received during game play is used to initiate a signal to pause the video game and to generate an activation signal to activate an image capturing device. The activation signal causes the image capturing device to capture an image of the user interacting in a physical space. The image of the user captured by the image capturing device during game play is associated with a portion of the video game that corresponds with a time when the image of the user was captured. The association causes the image of the user to be transmitted to the HMD for rendering on the display screen of the HMD.

Methods and systems for presenting an image of a user interacting with a video game includes providing images of a virtual reality (VR) scene of the video game for rendering on a display screen of a head mounted display (HMD). The images of the VR scene are generated as part of game play of the video game. An input provided at a user interface on the HMD received during game play is used to initiate a signal to pause the video game and to generate an activation signal to activate an image capturing device. The activation signal causes the image capturing device to capture an image of the user interacting in a physical space. The image of the user captured by the image capturing device during game play is associated with a portion of the video game that corresponds with a time when the image of the user was captured. The association causes the image of the user to be transmitted to the HMD for rendering on the display screen of the HMD.

A computer that performs authentication is described. During operation, the computer may receive an authentication request associated with an individual playing a video game. In response to the authentication request, the computer may obtain game information associated with current play of the video game by the individual and second game information associated with one or more prior instances of the individual playing the video game. Then, the computer may determine the authentication of the individual based at least in part on the game information and the second game information. Next, the computer may selectively allow the individual to continue to play the video game based at least in part on the authentication.

A technique detects when a computer simulation controller such as a computer game controller is idle and, thus, that the simulation (game) should be paused immediately without waiting for an “AwayFromKeyboard” timer to time out by detecting whether the user has laid the controller down and gone away or simply is not responding.

A technique detects when a computer simulation controller such as a computer game controller is idle and, thus, that the simulation (game) should be paused immediately without waiting for an “AwayFromKeyboard” timer to time out by detecting whether the user has laid the controller down and gone away or simply is not responding.

A system and method of pausing a game in a cloud gaming system including playing a game on a first game computer included in the cloud gaming system, pausing the game at a selected point in the game and capturing game state data for the paused game. The paused game can be resumed by retrieving the game state data and applying the game state data to a selected game computer and resuming the game at the selected point in the game on the selected game computer.

A system and method of pausing a game in a cloud gaming system including playing a game on a first game computer included in the cloud gaming system, pausing the game at a selected point in the game and capturing game state data for the paused game. The paused game can be resumed by retrieving the game state data and applying the game state data to a selected game computer and resuming the game at the selected point in the game on the selected game computer.

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to context based saving of content. A set of conditions for automatically saving content for a user currently engaged with savable content can be received. A current context of the user currently engaged with savable content can be determined. The current context of the user can be compared to the set of conditions to determine whether automatically saving the savable content should be completed. The savable content can be automatically saved in response to determining that automatically saving the savable content should be completed.