Success with patent of an auto-play solution

Technical innovations keep the gaming industry fresh and ensure that the gaming experience is continually enhanced. We also hope for such progress Sony Interactive entertainment with one recently approved patent to be able to achieve.

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Judging by this, the company wants to Rights to an auto-play mode as an antidote to tedious grinding. If it comes to fruition, you could soon put an AI to work if the gameplay bores you too much at times.

Sony patent suggests the possibility of handing over annoying game points to an AI tool

No matter how good a game may be, not every hour spent on it is usually characterized by pure excitement and when the time comes again for boring grinding, the desire to simply skip this section may arise. Sony recognized this problem and then developed its own solution, which is now available from Patent Office was approved. The idea says that unpleasant gameplay sequences in the future AI-powered tool could be brushed off.

This function should be initiated via a notification that informs players that they are about to enter a non-essential part of the game. Here you should now select whether you want to continue playing or use the auto-play mode. If the choice falls on the second option, a Model of the style of play that has been followed so far which uses artificial intelligence to take the helm while the player leans back and relaxes.

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Both the appropriate time for the auto-play suggestion and the style of play imitated by the AI ​​should be based on previously collected data about the user. This is intended to continuously determine whether upcoming sequences from the player potentially be perceived as grinding. Tasks that are perceived as too difficult could also fall into this category.

The The mere existence of the patent is no guarantee, that Sony plans to actively pursue this approach. In view of the increasing influence of AI on our world and thus also video games, such or a similar application would be quite conceivable. Further technical innovations from Sony can be found currently in the latest system update for the PlayStation 5.

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