A method for sharing gameplay of a video game, including: executing the video game by a server of a cloud gaming system, wherein executing the video game includes generating a first game state of the video game for said gameplay of the video game by a first user; streaming the gameplay over a network during said execution of the video game to enable the gameplay by the first user; receiving, during said gameplay, a command to share an interactive playable portion of the gameplay by the first user; responsive to the command, providing to a second user access to the interactive playable portion of the video game through a website interface, wherein the gameplay of the interactive playable portion by the second user generates a second game state of the video game that is generated during a different session from the generation of the first game state.

A method is provided, including the following operations: executing a cloud video game in a data center; streaming video generated by the executing cloud video game over a network to a client device; deploying a cloud gaming proxy to an edge compute that is proximate to the client device; wherein the cloud gaming proxy buffers the video and retransmits lost packets of the video to the client device.

In various examples, potentially highlight-worthy video clips are identified from a gameplay session that a gamer might then selectively share or store for later viewing. The video clips may be identified in an unsupervised manner based on analyzing game data for durations of predicted interest. A classification model may be trained in an unsupervised manner to classify those video clips without requiring manual labeling of game-specific image or audio data. The gamer can select the video clips as highlights (e.g., to share on social media, store in a highlight reel, etc.). The classification model may be updated and improved based on new video clips, such as by creating new video-clip classes.

In various examples, potentially highlight-worthy video clips are identified from a gameplay session that a gamer might then selectively share or store for later viewing. The video clips may be identified in an unsupervised manner based on analyzing game data for durations of predicted interest. A classification model may be trained in an unsupervised manner to classify those video clips without requiring manual labeling of game-specific image or audio data. The gamer can select the video clips as highlights (e.g., to share on social media, store in a highlight reel, etc.). The classification model may be updated and improved based on new video clips, such as by creating new video-clip classes.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an electronic device, and a program product for image processing. In one embodiment, a method may include: at an edge node of a network, obtaining a first image generated based on data associated with a target event, wherein the first image has a first resolution ratio. Additionally, the method may further include: sending a second image converted from the first image to a terminal device, wherein the second image has a second resolution ratio higher than the first resolution ratio. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, by rendering a low-resolution-ratio image at a cloud server and transmitting the image to an edge node or a terminal device for reconstructing a high-resolution-ratio image, the bandwidth and time delay of high-definition image transmission can be significantly reduced, so that the user experience is improved.

Arrangement for distributing head related transfer function filters. In the arrangement a user device sends a request for a head related transfer function filter to the service being used. The service verifies if the user of the device has a subscription for a head related transfer function filters in the service being used and retrieves a filter as a response to a positive verification result. The service may filter audio channels and transmit filtered audio further. In an alternative embodiment the service transmits the filter to the user device for filtering the audio.

An environment includes one or more clients, a game mediator server, and a game server connected by a network. The clients include a game mediator and a game. The game server executes game playing sessions of the games. The game mediator server and the game mediators form a game mediation infrastructure to mediate game playing sessions. For example, the game mediation infrastructure creates “lobbies” for game playing sessions and enables clients connected to lobbies to communicate with one another. The games receive interactions at the client and communicate with the game server to impact execution of game playing sessions. The game mediator server sends deep links to clients, e.g., to initiate game installation, or to start the game at a particular portion of the game. The game mediation infrastructure may also enrich gameplay by customizing gameplay and/or the lobby, e.g. based on events that occur during execution of the game playing session, or locations of the clients.

In a video distribution system comprising a relay server that relays and distributes video to be viewed distributed from a predetermined distribution source to a user terminal device used by each of a plurality of users, a distribution base is set in the relay server as a unit for relaying and distributing video to the user terminal device after obtaining permission from the distribution source, and the video from the distribution source is relayed and distributed to the user terminal device of a user via the distribution base used by the user.

An information processing system (1) includes: a first terminal (20) that controls progress of a game; and a second terminal (10) that is communicably connected with the first terminal (20) and that does not have a function to control progress of the game. The second terminal (10) includes a transmitting section (113) that transmits, in accordance with manipulation carried out by a user with respect to the second terminal (10), message information including at least (i) a message and (ii) information indicating a scene which is included in a game space where the game progresses and in which the message is to be displayed. The first terminal (20) includes a receiving section (212) that receives the message information and a message display section (213) that displays the message in the scene in accordance with the message information.

Data characterizing historical skills-based gaming metrics for a first user and historical skills-based gaming metrics for at least one second user is accessed. Using the accessed data and a set of rules, a targeted advertisement to present to the first user is determined. The targeted advertisement specifies at least one skills-based game and a characterization of the at least one second user’s historical skills-based gaming metrics. The targeted advertisement is generated. Data characterizing the targeted advertisement is provided. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described.