U.S. Pat. No. 12,485,347

Systems and Methods for Procedurally Animating a Virtual Camera Associated with Player-Controlled Avatars in Video Games

AssigneeActivision Publishing, Inc.

Issue DateNovember 11, 2020

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Abstract

Systems and methods are described for imparting dynamic, non-linear and realistic movement and look and feel to a player's/virtual character's first-person limbs and hand-held object model, and procedurally animating a first-person virtual camera such that it simulates the movement of a camera handheld by the player/virtual character. To impart chaotic or random motion to the first-person limbs and hand-held object model a first module defines and implements first and second two dimensional mass-spring-damper systems, each of which is linked to the player's/virtual vector's view vector. Procedural animation or rotational shake is implemented by a second module by applying a coherent noise function to each of the six axes of the first-person virtual camera.

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