An illustrative system includes a brain interface system configured to be worn by a user and to output brain activity data representative of brain activity of the user while the user concurrently plays an electronic game and a computing device configured to obtain the brain activity data and modify, based on the brain activity data, an attribute of the electronic game.

A device or system is provided that provides olfactory stimuli, and includes a piezoelectric vibration device that is used to produce scents corresponding to actions performed in a VR or AR environment, or other application. In some implementations, a user interacts with one or more game elements within a game program being executed by a game engine, and responsive to the interaction, the game engine may communicate a series of commands that cause a piezoelectric device of the device to generate scents to be experienced by the user.

An apparatus and a method for game control. A graphical user interface is generated and displayed on a display screen. The graphical user interface presents at least one user-controllable object and at least one target object. A user is enabled to provide a user input to control a movement of the at least one user-controllable object within the graphical user interface. A predetermined area is identified around the at least one user-controllable object in the graphical user interface. It is detected whether or not the at least one target object lies within the predetermined area in the graphical user interface. If it is detected that the at least one target object lies within the predetermined area, an action is executed on the at least one target object from the at least one user-controllable object.

In a method and a system for improving a user's experience with a graphical user interface corresponding to a gaming or simulation environment on an electronic device, the interface renders multiple graphical objects and user selectable options corresponding to the graphical object. The user selects one or more selectable option, and performs a touching or a swiping operation through multiple points on the display screen. The touching or swiping operation leads to deploying of multiple resources corresponding to the selected option, at different locations on the interface. For controlling the different deployed resources, the user can swipe through different regions of the display screen. The number of resources deployed at the different locations on the screen depends on certain parameters, including the pressure applied by the user on the screen. Results of the simulation can be employed to control real technical systems, for example for food production.

A graphical user interface for electronic games is disclosed. The interface comprises a current weapon panel configured to display a first weapon in an active state, and a plurality of spare weapon panels configured to display weapons in the inactive state. The plurality of spare weapon panels is arranged in accordance with the panel ranking values assigned to each spare weapon panel. The selection of any one of the spare weapon panels results in a corresponding weapon in the inactive state, which is displayed on the selected spare weapon panel, being switched to the active state and promoted to the current weapon panel, and the first weapon being switched to the inactive state and relegated to a spare weapon panel. The weapons in the inactive state are dynamically ordered and displayed on the plurality of spare weapon panels according to the panel ranking value of the spare weapon panels and the predicted weapon ranking value.

A method for running a stand-alone program includes: running the stand-alone program in a first main program, and establishing a network connection between a first terminal and a second terminal through the first main program run in the first terminal and a second main program run in the second terminal; and transmitting, by the first terminal, image information to the second terminal and transmitting, by the second terminal, a second operation command to the first terminal, through the network connection. A first operation object and a second operation object in the stand-alone program are separately controlled.

Method, apparatus, device, and storage-medium for data processing based on location information are provided. The method for data processing based on location information includes: obtaining first location information from a first account; determining a geographic label to which the first location information belongs, and associating the first account with a first-level group corresponding to the geographic label; receiving an interaction request from the first account; matching, in response to the interaction request, at least one second account to interact with the first account in the first-level group associated with the first account; and determining that the first account and the at least one second account belong to a same interaction group.

Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations comprising: receiving an image that includes a depiction of a person wearing a fashion item; generating a segmentation of the fashion item worn by the person depicted in the image; generating one or more game-based augmented reality elements; and applying the one or more game-based augmented reality elements to the fashion item worn by the person based on the segmentation of the fashion item worn by the person.

A display control apparatus includes: a head mounted display information acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of a position of a head mounted display worn on a head of a user; an input apparatus information acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of a position of an input apparatus for use by the user; an instruction input acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of an instruction entered in the input apparatus; and an image generation block configured to generate an image to be displayed on the head mounted display on a basis of an instruction acquired by the instruction input acquisition block. The image generation block displays an image of the input apparatus at a position in the image determined on a basis of a relative position with the head mounted display of the input apparatus.

A method for displaying the relative positions of two players playing a game on a user device. The set of levels within an episode that a first player is playing are displayed on the graphical user interface of his computer device. These levels are set out in a predetermined order, wherein access to the next level is granted once the player has completed the preceding levels. Inputs from the player are received as the player plays each level. This enables the game to determine when the level has been completed, and to generate player data indicating the level the player is playing. In an episode race, the relative positions of the two players can then be displayed based on the time taken for the first and second players to complete one or more levels in their respective sets of levels. A player may compete against bots, created from historic user data, or against live opponents. In another feature, the user can select a specific theme from a group of themes to play an episode of the game in. In another feature, the user can invite another user to play in the same theme as him, even if the two players are playing different levels with different difficulties.