元の名称記録: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

A method for indicating receptiveness of a player of a video game to incoming communication is provided, including: monitoring gameplay activity occurring in the video game; monitoring activity of the player during the video game; using the monitored gameplay activity and the monitored activity of the player to determine a level of receptiveness of the player to incoming communication; rendering a visual indicator that is responsive to the level of receptiveness of the player.

A method for managing incoming communications for a player of a video game is provided, including: during gameplay of the video game by the player, receiving a plurality of communications for the player; responsive to the communications being received at substantially similar times, then analyzing the communications to determine their content; based on the content of the communications, then rendering a first one of the communications to the player in substantial real-time, and delaying rendering a second one of the communications to the player.

There is provided a method of controlling displayed content based on user input. The method comprises receiving one or more user inputs from a peripheral device operated by a user, the user inputs comprising one or more involuntary user inputs; modifying the user inputs to reduce a contribution of the involuntary user inputs; and adapting the displayed content in dependence on the modified user inputs.

A data processing apparatus comprises allocation circuitry to allocate a graphical feature for a virtual environment to a respective layer from a plurality of respective layers in dependence upon one or more properties for the graphical feature, wherein the plurality of respective layers comprise a mobile layer and at least one of a mobile re-projection layer and a static re-projection layer, rendering circuitry to render graphical features allocated to respective different layers of the plurality of respective layers with a different rendering quality, and an output image generator to generate an image for display according to a viewpoint of a virtual camera, wherein the image comprises graphical features allocated to respective different layers of the plurality of layers.