7 months ago
Sony Patents AI Ghost Player for Game Assistance
Sony has created a new AI feature called a 'Ghost Player' to help gamers when they get stuck in video games.
This AI character can show players how to progress in the game or even take over to complete missions.
The AI learns from past gameplays and videos online.
Players can customize the ghost character to look like a shadow, an animated figure, or even a character from another game, like Yoda from Star Wars.
This new feature is meant to make games easier for players who are not experts and help them enjoy the game more.
Sony patented an AI 'Ghost Player' to assist gamers stuck in complex scenarios.
The AI character can demonstrate gameplay or take over to complete missions.
AI is trained using past gameplays, YouTube/Twitch clips, and PlayStation Network data.
Players can customize the ghost character's appearance, including using figures from other games.
The feature aims to provide more detailed and customized help than current in-game assistance.
- Who
- Sony
- What
- Patented an AI 'Ghost Player' to assist gamers
- Where
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- When
- Patent granted (exact date not specified)
- Why
- To help players stuck in complex game scenarios
Key facts
- Company
- Sony
- Patent Description
- AI-generated 'Ghost Player' for game assistance
- Patent Source
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- AI Training Data
- Past gameplays, YouTube/Twitch clips, PlayStation Network data
- Ghost Character Customization
- Shadow, animated character, user-generated, or from another game
- Example Character
- Yoda from Star Wars
- Purpose
- Assist players stuck in complex game scenarios
- Current Help Feature
- Static text or pre-recorded videos
Quotes
Sony
A multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
“Implementations of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and devices for providing ghost assistance to a player during gameplay of the game session, whereby the game assistance is intelligently provided by a ghost character based on control input learned by an AI model of the gameplay.”
NDTV
“The ghost character can therefore be controlled by the assistance Al engine during gameplay and provide the player with visual illustrations of how certain game scenarios are played in order for the character controlled by the player to be able to achieve progress in the game.”
NDTV
