Patent ID: 9717982
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A63F

Claim:
1. A computing system comprising: a processor; and computer storage memory having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, based on execution executed by the processor, configure the processor to play a video game using three-dimensional image data as a control input in a server based gaming environment by being configured to: receive, at a game client over a computer network, three-dimensional image data as a video game control input; process, at the game client, the three-dimensional image data to generate a basic control input; communicate through a network interface the basic control input from the game client over the computer network to a game server on which the video game is running; process, at the game client, part of the three-dimensional image data to generate a client-rendered video game feature; receive, through the network interface over the computer network at the game client, a server-rendered video game image from the game server on which the video game is running, the server-rendered video game image being generated in response to a change in game state caused by the basic control input; composite the client-rendered video game feature with the server-rendered video game image to form a rendered composite video; and output the rendered composite video to a display device.