Patent ID: 8382589
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method to provide immersion in a virtual environment of a computer game, based on user input and choreography data, the method comprising: playing back a musical score accompanying the virtual environment of the computer game; receiving the user input to the computer game; moving a visual element in the virtual environment of the computer game, in response to the received user input; by operation of one or more computer processors, altering playback of the musical score accompanying the virtual environment, based on the movement of the visual element and according to the choreography data, wherein the choreography data associates the movement of the visual element with the playback of the musical score, wherein the altering is not pre-scripted; and generating, in the virtual environment, an environmental effect that is choreographed to the altered playback of the musical score, to provide immersion in the virtual environment, wherein the environmental effect is different from the visual element.