A video game system includes a video server system (VSS) having a first network address. The VSS pairs a game controller having a second network address with a display system having a third network address. The VSS receives controller data packets directed to the first network address from the game controller over a first communication channel. The controller data packets include the second network address and information for updating a game state of a video game. The VSS decodes the controller data packets and directs generation of an updated game state of the video game using information within the controller data packets. The VSS generates a video stream of the video game using the updated game state. The VSS transmits the video stream to the display system at the third network address over a second communication channel. The first and second communication channels differ by at least one network segment.

An apparatus and method for scheduling threads on local and remote processing resources. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a local graphics processor to execute threads of an application; graphics processor virtualization circuitry and/or logic to generate a virtualized representation of a local processor; a scheduler to identify a first subset of the threads for execution on a local graphics processor and a second subset of the threads for execution on a virtualized representation of a local processor; the scheduler to schedule the first subset of threads on the local graphics processor and the second subset of the threads by transmitting the threads or a representation thereof to Cloud-based processing resources associated with the virtualized representation of the local processor; and the local graphics processor to combine first results of executing the first subset of threads on the local graphics processor with second results of executing the second subset of threads on the Cloud-based processing resources to render an image frame.

Systems and methods for providing a shared augmented reality environment are provided. In particular, the latency of communication is reduced by using a peer-to-peer protocol to determine where to send datagrams. Datagrams describe actions that occur within the shared augmented reality environment, and the processing of datagrams is split between an intermediary node of a communications network (e.g., a cell tower) and a server. As a result, the intermediary node may provide updates to a local state of a client device when a datagram is labelled peer-to-peer, and otherwise provides updates to the master state on the server. This may reduce the latency of communication and allow users of the location-based parallel reality game to see actions occur more quickly in the shared augmented reality environment.

A method for using a distributed game engine includes receiving a request from a user account via a computer network to play a game, identifying processing power assignment for the user account, and determining node assembly for the user account to utilize two or more processing nodes for the play of the game based on the processing power assignment. The method further includes initializing the two or more processing nodes for execution of the game for the user account. The operation of initializing is performed to set up a transfer of processing code for the game from one processing nods to another processing node. The method includes defining an internal communication channel between the two or more processing nodes for exchange of state information of the game. The exchange of state information is performed to enable shared processing of the game by the two or more nodes.

A method for using a distributed game engine includes receiving a request from a user account via a computer network to play a game, identifying processing power assignment for the user account, and determining node assembly for the user account to utilize two or more processing nodes for the play of the game based on the processing power assignment. The method further includes initializing the two or more processing nodes for execution of the game for the user account. The operation of initializing is performed to set up a transfer of processing code for the game from one processing nods to another processing node. The method includes defining an internal communication channel between the two or more processing nodes for exchange of state information of the game. The exchange of state information is performed to enable shared processing of the game by the two or more nodes.

A method is disclosed including setting, at a server, a server VSYNC signal to a server VSYNC frequency. The server VSYNC signal corresponding to generation of video frames during frame periods for the server VSYNC frequency. The method including setting, at a client, a client VSYNC signal to a client VSYNC frequency. The method including sending compressed video frames from the server to the client over a network using the server VSYNC signal, wherein the compressed video frames are based on the generated video frames. The method including decoding and displaying, at the client, the compressed video frames. The method including analyzing the timing of one or more client operations to adjust the relative timing between the server VSYNC signal and the client VSYNC signal, as the client receives the compressed video frames.

A data processing method includes: obtaining a cloud gaming data obtaining request transmitted by a game client; starting a game process according to the cloud gaming data obtaining request in a cloud container corresponding to the game client; allocating, in the cloud container, a frame buffer for the game process; invoking, in response to the frame buffer being allocated, a graphics rendering library to obtain a graphics rendering instruction; accessing a physical rendering device associated with the frame buffer based on the graphics rendering instruction, and performing intra-container rendering on game data corresponding to the game process, to obtain rendered game data; and generating a composited game picture according to the rendered game data.

The present disclosure relates to augmented reality, virtual reality, mixed reality, and extended reality systems, and more specifically, to systems and methods for managing multiplayer communications seamlessly across platforms and distributed geographic locations.

A server among various servers is included in a game system in which the servers are responsible for various respective areas in a game space and manage object information indicating a state of each of various objects movable among the areas. The server stores the object information, updates the object information of an object existing in the area for which the server is responsible, stores the MAC address of a target server, transmits to the target server by packet transfer based on data in the data link layer with the stored MAC address being set as a destination update information that indicates update content of the object information updated by the first update unit and time information indicating an in-game clock time at the time of the update, and updates the object information of an object existing outside the area for which the server is responsible.

One or more hardware components identify a bottleneck stage within a processor pipeline that processes frames of a video stream. The bottleneck stage has a first clock. An upstream stage receives a feedback signal from the bottleneck stage. The upstream stage has a second clock and the feedback signal includes information as to time required by the bottleneck stage to operate on data and information as to time the data spent queued. The upstream stage adjusts the speed at which the upstream stage operates and queues data to approximate the speed at which the bottleneck stage is operating and queuing data.