Patent ID: 11865447
Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 5:
6. Computer readable media having non-transitory program instructions for moving a view of a spectator within an environment of a video game, comprising:
program instructions for generating an interface for presenting a view of the video game to the spectator of the video game, the view having a first vantage point and includes a game object;
program instructions for providing a portal within the interface for presenting a second vantage point of the game object, the portal is overlaid to cover a portion of the view;
program instructions for moving the second vantage point closer toward the game object such that the view is brought closer to the game object within the portal, while the view remains at the first vantage point outside the portal;
program instructions for removing the portal during at least a portion of said moving the second vantage point; and
program instructions for providing one or more additional portals when the game object moves a predetermined distance away from a virtual position of the spectator.