# Patent

## Title
Intelligent gameplay photo capture

## Abstract

Implementations for identifying, capturing, and presenting high-quality photo-representations of acts occurring during play of a game that employs motion tracking input technology are disclosed. As one example, a method is disclosed that includes capturing via an optical interface, a plurality of photographs of a player in a capture volume during play of the electronic game. The method further includes for each captured photograph of the plurality of captured photographs, comparing an event-based scoring parameter to an event depicted by or corresponding to the captured photograph. The method further includes assigning respective scores to the plurality of captured photographs based, at least in part, on the comparison to the even-based scoring parameter. The method further includes associating the captured photographs at an electronic storage media with the respective scores assigned to the captured photographs.

## Background
BACKGROUND
Electronic gaming platforms may obtain user input from a number of sources. As one example, handheld controller devices may be utilized by game players to provide a control input to the electronic gaming platform. As another example, a player's body positioning may be obtained via one or more cameras or optical elements of the electronic gaming platform. Motion of a player's body position may be tracked by the electronic gaming platform to be utilized as a control input of the player.
SUMMARY
This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This Summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used to limit the scope of the claimed subject matter. Furthermore, the claimed subject matter is not limited to implementations that solve any or all disadvantages noted in any part of this disclosure.
Implementations for identifying, capturing, and presenting high-quality photo-representations of acts occurring during play of a game that employs motion tracking input technology are disclosed. As one example, a method is disclosed that includes capturing via an optical interface, a plurality of photographs of a player in a capture volume during play of the electronic game. The method further includes for each captured photograph of the plurality of captured photographs, comparing an event-based scoring parameter to an event depicted by or corresponding to the captured photograph. The method further includes assigning respective scores to the plurality of captured photographs based, at least in part, on the comparison to the even-based scoring parameter. The method further includes associating the captured photographs at an electronic storage media with the respective scores assigned to the captured photographs.



BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 depicts an example gaming environment according to at least one implementation.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram depicting an example computing environment according to at least one implementation.
FIG. 3 is a flow diagram depicting an example method according to at least one implementation.
FIGS. 4, 5, and 6 are diagrams depicting different states of an example body position of a player as may be captured in photographs.



DETAILED DESCRIPTION
As described herein, a plurality of photographs may be captured of a player during active play of a game. The plurality of photographs may be scored to identify and present one or more higher scoring photographs. Scoring of captured photographs may be based on one or more event-based scoring parameters or photographic characteristics of the captured photographs, such as blur, sharpness, exposure, brightness, contrast, hue, temperature, saturation, or other suitable characteristic. For example, photographs captured by a camera may exhibit blur, particularly if a subject in the photograph is moving under poor ambient lighting conditions. A vector field of model may be utilized for scoring, where a higher score is provided to photographs exhibiting lower velocity or acceleration as indicated by blur, for example. A baseline photograph may be captured before game play to provide a control input for adjusting exposure and/or recording parameters of one or more cameras to reduce blur or optimize other suitable photographic characteristic in captured photographs.
Furthermore, event-based scoring parameters may include actions of a player, a group of players, and/or other observing users. For example, photographs capturing actions of a player during game play may be scored according to a pose of the player. In one particular example, a user's pose is scored according to how accurately the pose matches a predefined pose, such as a virtual pose displayed on a graphical display. As yet another example, photographs capturing reactions of other users observing a player during game play may be considered when scoring a photograph. In one particular example, a photograph capturing a player performing a high jump and a crowd of users reacting by cheering is scored based on the high jump of the player as well as the reaction of the crowd. In other words, capturing the actions of the crowd may be of interest, and thus may contribute to a higher score of the photograph. As yet another example, photographs capturing a facial expression of a player may be scored according to predefined criteria. In one particular example, facial recognition algorithms are performed on a photograph capturing a player's face to determine if they are smiling and increases the score of the photograph if the player is smiling.
FIG. 1 depicts an example gaming environment 100 according to at least one implementation. Gaming environment 100 includes a gaming system 110 comprising one or more of a game console 112 and a vision subsystem 114. Vision subsystem 114 may include one or more cameras or optical elements. As one example, vision subsystem 114 may include one or more range cameras 115, 116 and an RGB camera 117.
Range cameras 115, 116, for example, may provide depth sensing functionality. In at least some implementations, range cameras or depth sensors 115, 116 may comprise an infrared light projector and a sensor for capturing reflected infrared light and/or ambient light. RGB camera 117 may capture visible light from ambient light sources. In some implementations, vision subsystem 114 may further include an audio sensor 119 to detect audio signals in the gaming environment 100 during game play. In one example, the audio sensor 119 may take the form of a microphone array.
Gaming environment 100 further includes a graphical display 118. Graphical display 118 may be a stand-alone device from gaming system 110, or may alternatively comprise a component of gaming system 110. Game console 112 may communicate with vision subsystem 114 to receive input signals from range cameras or depth sensors 115, 116, RGB camera 117, and audio sensor 119. Game console 112 may communicate with graphical display 118 to present graphical information to players.
A human user, referred to herein as a player 120, may interact with gaming system 110 within capture volume 122. Capture volume 122 may correspond to a physical space which may be captured by one or more cameras or optical elements of vision subsystem 114. Player 120 may move within capture volume 122 to provide user input to game console 112 via vision subsystem 114. Player 120 may additionally utilize another user input device to interact with gaming system 110, such as a controller, a mouse, a keyboard, or a microphone, for example.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram depicting an example computing environment 200 according to at least one implementation. Computing environment 200 may include a computing device 210, one or more other computing devices such as other computing device 212, and server device 214, which may communicate with each other via network 216. Network 216 may comprise one or more of a wide area network (e.g., the Internet) or a local area network (e.g., an intranet), for example.
Computing device 210 may correspond to an example implementation of previously described gaming system 110, including at least game console 112 and vision subsystem 114. Computing device 210 may include one or more processors such as example processor 220 for executing instructions. Such processors may be single core or multicore. Computing device 210 may include computer readable storage media 222 having or including instructions 224 stored thereon executable by one or more processors such as example processor 220 to perform one or more operations, processes, or methods described herein. In some implementations, programs executed thereon may be configured for parallel or distributed processing.
Computer readable storage media 222 may include removable media and/or built-in devices. In some implementations, computer readable storage media 222 may include optical memory devices (e.g., CD, DVD, HD-DVD, Blu-Ray Disc, etc.), semiconductor memory devices (e.g., RAM, EPROM, EEPROM, etc.) and/or magnetic memory devices (e.g., hard disk drive, floppy disk drive, tape drive, MRAM, etc.), among others.
In some implementations, computer readable storage media 222 may include removable computer readable storage media, which may be used to store and/or transfer data and/or instructions executable to implement the herein described methods and processes. Removable computer-readable storage media may take the form of CDs, DVDs, HD-DVDs, Blu-Ray Discs, EEPROMs, and/or floppy disks, among others.
In some implementations, computer readable storage media 222 may include one or more physical, non-transitory devices. In contrast, in some embodiments aspects of the instructions described herein may be propagated in a transitory fashion by a pure signal (e.g., an electromagnetic signal, an optical signal, etc.) that is not held by a physical device for at least a finite duration. Furthermore, data and/or other forms of information pertaining to the present disclosure may be propagated by a pure signal.
As one example, computing device 210 may establish a criterion that defines one or more moments of interest which correspond to predefined player movements or positions occurring in a capture volume, such as previously described capture volume 122. In at least some implementations, the established criteria may correspond to an anticipated pose that potentially will be assumed by the player during play of a game. The anticipated pose may be game dependent and/or may be dependent on a particular phase of game play that the player is interacting with. In some implementations, a moment of interest may be defined by a phase of game play or an action of a virtual avatar. For example, in a skiing game, a moment of interest may be defined as phase of the game where a virtual avatar jumps off of a ski jump. In some implementations, moments of interest may selectively trigger photograph capture and scoring during a player's game play. In some implementations, photographs may be generated and scored relatively continuously during a player's game play.
A player may assume a number of different body positions during game play. For example, a player may indicate a jumping position by extending arms and legs outward, and/or with the player's feet off of the ground. As another example, a player may indicate a skiing position by posing in a tucked skiing position. As yet another example, a user may indicate plugging of virtual holes existing in a game by positioning the player's body into specific position that correspond to the location of virtual holes. Two or more players may collaborate to indicate still other acts or actions within a game. Computing device 210 may interpret the player's position via input signals received from vision subsystem 230. Vision subsystem 230 may correspond to previously described vision subsystem 114, for example.
Computing device 210 may capture via one or more cameras of vision subsystem 230, a plurality of photographs of a player during play of a game. As one example, previously described RGB camera 117 may be utilized to capture photographs of the player or players during active game play. Photographs captured via vision subsystem 230 may be stored in a data store, such as a local data store 226, for example. Photographs captured via vision subsystem 230 may be additionally or alternatively stored in a remote data store of server device 214, for example.
Computing device 210 may score the captured photographs along a scale of desirability. In some implementations, the scale of desirability may be related to the criteria established to define the one or more moments of interest, where relatively higher scores are assigned to the captured photographs if the player's movements or positions correspond to the criteria established to define the one or more moments of interest. Computing device 210 may utilize a variety of information to score captured photographs, including information obtained from one or more depth or RGB cameras of vision subsystem 230.
In at least some implementations, computing device 210 may score the captured photographs based, at least in part, on one or more event-based scoring parameters or photographic characteristics of the photograph. Photographic characteristics may include, for example, one or more of blur, sharpness, exposure, brightness, contrast, hue, temperature, saturation, etc., among other suitable photographic characteristics. Note event-based scoring parameters may include photographic characteristics. As one example, computing device 210 may assess blur for different photographic regions of the captured photographs, where blur occurring in certain photographic regions of the captured photographs may be weighted more heavily in the score than blur occurring in other photographic regions of the captured photographs.
Furthermore, event-based scoring parameters may include actions of a player, a group of players, and/or other observing users. For example, facial recognition and/or skeletal frame recognition of players and/or users may be utilized to identify one or more regions of the photograph corresponding to the player's face, arms, legs, torso, etc. As one example, a photograph capturing a player may be scored based on how accurately the player assumes a predefined pose, such as a virtual pose displayed on graphical display 118. In some implementations, the player's pose may be scored along a scale of desirability of how closely different parts of a player's body align with a virtual position. In some implementations where multiple players interact with the computing device 210, the computing device 210 may score the pose of each player in a captured photograph. Moreover, score bonuses or multipliers may be achieved when multiple players score highly simultaneously. In some implementations, a facial expression of a player or a user may be scored based on established criteria to contribute to a score of a photograph. For example, the established criteria may dictate the score of a photograph to be increased, if the photograph captures a player that is smiling.
Furthermore, scoring of photographs can be based not only on a player's actions, but also on the actions of other users in the room around them. For example, if a player's photo gains a high score because of a super awesome high jump, the other users observing the player may explode with excitement and jump up and cheer, and catching the act of the crowd of user jumping up could also be of interest and add to a higher score of the photograph.
In some implementations, computing device 210 may score the captured photographs based, at least in part, on audio signals captured by audio sensor 119 at moments when a photograph is captured. For example, sound generated by a player, group of players, and/or other observing users may be identified and utilized to score a photograph. In one particular, example, the score of a photograph may be increased based on captured audio exceeding a sound level threshold, such as when a group of people cheer. As another example, the score of a photograph may be increased based on captured audio matching a model audio signature, such as a player singing a song. As yet another example, photograph capture may be triggered in response to an audio level exceeding an audio threshold and/or captured audio matching a model audio signature.
Computing device 210 may present scored photographs to the player via input/output devices 228. As one example, input/output devices 228 may comprise a graphical display such as previously described graphical display 118 of FIG. 1. In some implementations, computing device 210 may filter the captured photographs based, at least in part, on the respective scores assigned to the captured photographs, and may vary varying presentation of the captured photographs to the player responsive to the filtering. For example, captured photographs may be filtered so that photographs having relatively high scores are presented to a user, and lower scoring photographs are not presented to the user. Furthermore, scores of captured photographs may be presented to a user, and computing device 210 may prompt the player to save or share one or more of the captured photographs after presenting the respective scores to the user.
In at least some implementations, scoring of the captured photographs may be performed remotely, for example, by server device 214. For example, computing device 210 may send one or more of the captured photographs to server device 214 via network 216 for scoring, whereby server device 214 may respond to computing device 210 with respective scores for the one or more of the captured photographs via network 216.
In at least some implementations, server device 214 may host a social networking platform that enables a player or user of computing device 210 to interact with a player or user of other computing device 212 via a social network. In at least some implementations, computing device 210 or server device 214 may identify one or more of the captured photographs that have been shared by a player of computing device with one or more players within the social network. Scoring of the captured photographs may be further based, at least in part, on whether one or more of the captured photographs were shared by the player within the social network. For example, a score of a photograph may be increased in response to a player sharing the photograph with another player. Sharing of photographs may also occur via text messaging, email, or other suitable forms of communication. In some implementations, computing device 210 may score the captured photographs based, at least in part, on a number of people viewing and/or reacting to a player's captured performance.
In at least some implementations, computing device 210 or server device 214 may identify player or user interaction with captured photographs, and may vary a score of the captured photographs in response to such interactions. Examples of user interactions include player ratings, player commentary, sharing of photographs (e.g., as previously discussed), etc. For example, computing device 210 or server device 214 may identify one or more player ratings assigned to captured photographs, such as via the social network. Scoring of captured photographs may be further based, at least in part, on the one or more player ratings. For example, captured photographs that have been assigned higher player ratings may be scored relatively higher than captured photographs that have been assigned lower player ratings. Player ratings may associate a thumbs up/thumbs down information, star rating information, number rating information, commentary, or other suitable information with a captured photograph as metadata, for example.
A score for a captured photograph may be associated with the captured photograph in a data store (e.g., data store 226) as scoring information, for example. In some cases, scoring information may be utilized to select a subset of captured photographs for presentation to a player, for example, as previously discussed. Scoring information may also be utilized as feedback to computing device 210 that may be utilized to determine when or if additional photographs of a player are to be captured. For example, photographs that are associated with a relatively low score may cause computing device 210 to capture additional photographs of the player during subsequent game play in an attempt to capture a photograph having a higher score. As another example, photographs captured during a particular moment or moments in a game may be attributed to or correlated with a higher score relative to other moments in the game. Computing device 210 may capture photographs of the player during the particular moment or moments of subsequent game play that are attributed to or correlated with the higher score in an attempt to capture higher scoring photographs.
FIG. 3 is a flow diagram depicting an example method 300 according to at least one implementation. Method 300 may comprise a method of identifying, capturing, and presenting high-quality photo-representations of acts occurring during play of a game that employs motion tracking input technology such as previously described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. As one example, the photographs may be obtained during play of an electronic game via an optical interface. As one example, method 300 may be performed, at least in part, by previously described computing device 210, server device 214, or a combination thereof.
Operation 302 comprises establishing photographic baseline conditions via capturing of a baseline photograph prior to capturing a plurality of photographs. In at least some implementations, the baseline photograph may comprise a combination of optical information obtained from two or more cameras or optical elements. For example, optical information obtained from an RGB camera may be combined with optical information obtained from one or more range cameras. Operation 304 comprises adjusting exposure and/or recording parameters of the vision subsystem in response to the baseline photograph prior to capturing the plurality of photographs of the player during play of the game.
In at least some implementations, adjustment of the exposure and/or recording parameters of the camera may be based on the entire capture volume of the baseline photograph or may be based on a particular region within the capture volume. For example, the exposure and/or recording parameters may be adjusted in response to a region of the baseline photograph that corresponds to the player's face. In this way, a photograph of a player's face may be obtained during game player even under poor ambient lighting conditions.
In some implementations, the baseline process may be performed more frequently, such as each time a photograph of the user is taken. By performing the baseline process more frequently, the computing system can more quickly adapt to changing conditions, such as the user turning on the lights.
Operation 306 comprises establishing criteria that defines one or more moments of interest which correspond to predefined player movements or positions occurring in a capture volume and/or game play events that direct a player to assume a pose. In at least some implementations, the established criteria correspond to an anticipated pose that potentially will be assumed by the player during play of the game. For example, a player may perform a particular task within a game by moving or positioning the player's body into particular positions within the capture volume. The moments of interest at which these positions may be anticipated may be based on the game being played by the player and/or the particular phase of the game with which the user is interacting. For example, moments of interest may be initiated by triggers placed in different phases of a game where it is anticipated that the player will be in specific poses. As another example, moments of interest may be initiated by detection of a pose defined by the established criteria.
In some implementations, moments of interest may be utilized to selectively trigger initiation of photograph capture. As such, establishing criteria may include identifying a trigger event during play of the electronic game. For example, the trigger event may include identifying a pose assumed by a player. As another example, the trigger event may include a given phase of the electronic game. As yet another example, the trigger event may include an avatar representative of the player assuming a movement or pose that approximates the established criteria. In some implementations where audio is captured via an audio interface during play of the electronic game, the trigger event may include the captured audio exceeding a sound level threshold or exhibiting a model audio signature.
In some implementations, operation 306 may be omitted and photograph capture may be performed relatively continuously throughout game play. For example, in computing systems with a suitably large amount of computing resources, photographs may be captured every frame during game play.
Operation 308 comprises capturing a plurality of photographs of the player. As one example, the plurality of photographs may be captured via an RGB camera of the vision subsystem. In at least some implementations, capturing the plurality of photographs of the player includes capturing the plurality of photographs if the player's movements or positions correspond, at least in part, to the criteria established to define the one or more moments of interest.
Operation 310 comprises for each captured photograph of the plurality of captured photographs, comparing an event-based scoring parameter to an event depicted by or corresponding to the captured photograph. As discussed above, the event-based scoring parameter may include various established criteria that may be compared to the events corresponding to the captured photographs. For example, the established criteria may define one or more predefined player movements or poses within the capture volume. As another example, the established criteria may define one or more predefined avatar movements or poses of an avatar within the electronic game.
In some implementations, the event-based scoring parameter may include a predefined movement or pose of one or more other players or persons within the capture volume. Correspondingly, a captured photograph may be scored based on actions of multiple players, and/or a response from other user observing a player or group of players. In some implementations where audio is captured via an audio interface during game play, at moments corresponding to the captured photographs, the event-based scoring parameter may include a sound level threshold or a model audio signature that may be compared to the captured audio corresponding to the captured photograph.
Operation 312 comprises assigning respective scores to the plurality of captured photographs based, at least in part, on the comparison to the event-based scoring parameter. The scores may be assigned from a scale of desirability which is related to the criteria established for the event-based scoring parameter, where relatively higher scores are assigned to the captured photographs if the player's movements or positions correspond to the established criteria. As one example, assigning respective scores to the captured photographs may include scoring a photograph of the captured photographs with a higher score if the photograph depicts the player attempting to assume a predefined body pose.
The scoring performed at operation 312 may be further based, at least in part, on one or more photographic characteristics identified in the captured photographs. Photographic characteristics may include, for example, one or more of blur, sharpness, exposure, brightness, contrast, hue, temperature, saturation, etc., among other suitable photographic characteristics. As one example, scoring the captured photographs includes scoring a captured photograph relatively higher if the captured photograph exhibits less blur, and relatively lower scores may be assigned to the captured photographs as an increasing function of blur in the captured photographs.
In at least some implementations, scoring the captured photographs may employ a weighting associated with different portions of a captured scene. As one example, photographic characteristics of a photo-representation of the player's face within the captured photographs may be weighted more heavily than photographic characteristics of a photo-representation of the player's lower body within the captured photographs. Operation 312 may comprise, for example, assessing blur or other photographic characteristic for different photographic regions of the captured photographs, where blur occurring in certain photographic regions of the captured photographs is weighted more heavily in the score than blur occurring in other photographic regions of the captured photographs. For example, blur may more heavily reduce a score of a photograph if the blur is within in a photographic region of the photograph corresponding to the player's face.
In at least some implementations, blur or other photographic characteristic may be identified or assessed from a combination of optical information obtained from an RGB camera and one or more ranging cameras of the vision subsystem. For example, a function may be utilized to combine three or more scores, including a skeletal motion score, an RGB score, and a depth score, and a lighting score. High pass filtering or other suitable approach may be applied to optical signals or combinations thereof to identify or assess blur.
In at least some implementations, the scoring performed at operation 312 may further comprise identifying one or more of the captured photographs shared by the player with one or more other players within a social network. The scoring may be further based, at least in part, on whether one or more of the captured photographs were shared by the player within the social network. Photographs that are shared with a great number of players may be increased in score to a greater extent than photograph that are not shared with other players or with a lesser number of players.
In at least some implementations, the scoring performed at operation 312 may further comprise identifying one or more player ratings assigned to a photograph of the captured photographs. The scoring may be further based, at least in part, on the one or more player ratings of the photograph. A score of a photograph may be increased in response to positive or higher player ratings, and may be reduced in response to negative or lower player ratings, for example.
Operation 314 comprises associating the captured photographs at an electronic storage media with the respective scores assigned to the captured photographs. For example, the assigned scores and associated photographs may be stored in data store 226 of FIG. 2. In some implementations, the scored photographs may be saved in the electronic storage media in response to receiving an indication from the user (e.g., via an input device) to save the one or more scored photographs. Since the scores are associated with the photographs in the electronic storage media, the scores may be easily retrievable to perform various operations. For example, the scored photographs may be utilized to adjust a difficulty level of an electronic game or perform another suitable operation.
Operation 316 comprises presenting one or more scored photographs to the player. In at least some implementations, when the scored photographs are presented to the player, operation 316 may further comprise prompting the player with an inquiry about a user action that may be taken with respect to one or more relatively higher scoring photographs. Prompting may be performed, for example, via an output device such as a graphical display. The inquiry may include an inquiry into whether the player wants to save, upload, and/or send the scored photographs to a desired location or to a desired user.
FIGS. 4, 5, and 6 are diagrams depicting different states of an example body position of a player as may be captured in photographs. FIG. 4 depicts the player as may be captured in a photograph without blur being present in the photograph. FIG. 5 depicts the player as may be captured in another photograph with blur being present in a photographic region corresponding to the player's face. FIG. 6 depicts the player as may be captured in yet another photograph with blur being present in a different photographic region corresponding to the player's lower body.
If, for example, scoring of the captured photographs is based on an amount of blur or a location of blur in the captured photographs, then FIGS. 4, 5, and 6 may assigned a different score relative to each other. For example, FIG. 4 may be scored higher than FIGS. 5 and 6, because FIG. 4 includes less blur than FIGS. 5 and 6. If, for example, blur in a face region is weighted more heavily than blur in a region corresponding to another portion of the player's body, then FIG. 5 may be scored lower than FIG. 6, because FIG. 5 has more blur in the face region of the player than FIG. 6. However, it will be appreciated that FIGS. 4, 5, and 6 merely provide some non-limiting examples of how scoring may be utilized to distinguish photographs captured by a gaming system.
It is to be understood that the configurations and/or approaches described herein are exemplary in nature, and that these specific embodiments or examples are not to be considered in a limiting sense, because numerous variations are possible. The specific routines or methods described herein may represent one or more of any number of processing strategies. As such, various acts illustrated may be performed in the sequence illustrated, in other sequences, in parallel, or in some cases omitted. Likewise, the order of the above-described processes may be changed.
The subject matter of the present disclosure includes all novel and nonobvious combinations and subcombinations of the various processes, systems and configurations, and other features, functions, acts, and/or properties disclosed herein, as well as any and all equivalents thereof.

## Claims

1. A method of processing photographs of a player obtained during play of an electronic game via an optical interface, the method comprising:
capturing, via the optical interface, a plurality of photographs of the player in a capture volume during play of the electronic game;
for each captured photograph of the plurality of captured photographs, programmatically assessing, via instructions executable by a computing device, a photographic characteristic value of one or more photographic characteristics for each of a plurality of different photographic regions of that captured photograph including a body region of the player and a background region of the capture volume, the one or more photographic characteristics including one or more of blur, sharpness, exposure, brightness, contrast, hue, temperature, and saturation;
for each captured photograph of the plurality of captured photographs, assigning, via the instructions executable by the computing device, a score based on comparing the assessed photographic characteristic value of that captured photograph with a photographic characteristic baseline of the one or more photographic characteristics, and wherein the photographic characteristic value of the body region is weighted more heavily in the score than the photographic characteristic values of other photographic regions including the background region of the captured photograph; and
visually presenting, via a display, one or more of the captured photographs based on the score of the one or more captured photographs.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
establishing criteria that define one or more predefined player movements or poses within the capture volume;
where the score is assigned further for each captured photograph based on comparing an event depicted by that photograph with the established criteria that define one or more predefined player movements or poses within the capture volume.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
capturing audio via an audio interface at moments corresponding to the captured photographs;
where the score is assigned further for each captured photograph based on comparing a sound level of audio captured during an event depicted by that photograph with a sound level threshold or a model audio signature.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
establishing criteria that define one or more predefined movements or poses of an animated avatar character representative of the player within the electronic game;
where the score is assigned further for each captured photograph based on comparing a movement or pose of the animated avatar character when that photograph is captured with the established criteria that define the one or more predefined movements or poses of the animated avatar character within the electronic game.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
filtering the captured photographs based, at least in part, on the respective scores assigned to the captured photographs; and
varying presentation of the captured photographs to the player responsive to said filtering.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
filtering the captured photographs based, at least in part, on the respective scores assigned to the captured photographs;
presenting the respective scores to the player; and
prompting the player to save or share one or more of the captured photographs after presenting the respective scores to the player.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
identifying a trigger event during play of the electronic game;
initiating said capturing of the plurality of photographs responsive to identifying the trigger event.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:
capturing audio via an audio interface during play of the electronic game;
wherein the trigger event includes the captured audio exceeding a sound level threshold or exhibiting a model audio signature.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:
establishing criteria that define one or more moments of interest which correspond to predefined movements or poses of the player occurring within the capture volume or of an avatar representative of the player within the electronic game; and
wherein the trigger event includes the player or avatar representative of the player assuming a movement or pose that approximates the established criteria that define the one or more moments of interest.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
identifying one or more of the captured photographs shared by the player with one or more other players within a social network, and wherein the scoring is further based, at least in part, on whether one or more of the captured photographs were shared by the player within the social network.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
identifying one or more player ratings assigned to a photograph of the captured photographs, and wherein the scoring is further based, at least in part, on the one or more player ratings of the photograph.

12. A computing device, comprising:
one or more processors;
a storage device having instructions stored thereon executable by the one or more processors to:
capture via an optical interface, a plurality of photographs of a player in a capture volume during play of an electronic game;
for each captured photograph of the plurality of captured photographs, assess a photographic characteristic value of one or more photographic characteristics for each of a plurality of different photographic regions of that captured photograph including a body region of the player and a background region of the capture volume, the one or more photographic characteristics including one or more of blur, sharpness, exposure, brightness, contrast, hue, temperature, and saturation;
for each captured photograph of the plurality of captured photographs, assign a score based on comparing the assessed photographic characteristic value of that captured photograph with a photographic characteristic baseline of the one or more photographic characteristics, and wherein the photographic characteristic value of the body region is weighted more heavily in the score than the photographic characteristic values of other photographic regions including the background region of the captured photograph; and
visually present, via a display, one or more of the captured photographs based on the score of the one or more captured photographs.

13. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the storage device holds instructions executable by the one or more processors to prompt the player to share one or more of the captured photographs with another player via a computer network after visually presenting the one or more captured photographs.

14. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the storage device holds instructions executable by the one or more processors to establish criteria that define one or more predefined player movements or poses within the capture volume;
where the score is assigned further for each captured photograph based on comparing an event depicted by that photograph with the established criteria that define one or more predefined player movements or poses within the capture volume.

15. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the storage device holds instructions executable by the one or more processors to capture audio via an audio interface at moments corresponding to the captured photographs;
where the score is assigned further for each captured photograph based on comparing a sound level of audio captured during an event depicted by that photograph with a sound level threshold or a model audio signature.

16. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the storage device holds instructions executable by the one or more processors to establish criteria that define one or more predefined movements or poses of an animated avatar character representative of the player within the electronic game;
where the score is assigned further for each captured photograph based on comparing a movement or pose of the animated avatar character when that photograph is captured with the established criteria that define the one or more predefined movements or poses of the animated avatar character within the electronic game.

17. A method of identifying, capturing, and presenting high-quality photo-representations of acts of a player occurring during play of a game that employs motion tracking input technology, comprising:
capturing a baseline photograph;
adjusting exposure and/or recording parameters in response to the baseline photograph to establish a blur baseline;
establishing criteria that define one or more moments of interest which correspond to predefined player movements or positions occurring in a capture volume;
capturing a plurality of photographs of the player during a moment of interest in the game;
assessing a blur value for each of a plurality of different photographic regions of each of the captured photographs;
assigning a respective score to each of the captured photographs based on comparing the blur value of that captured photograph to the blur baseline and further comparing the player's position in that captured photograph with the predefined player movements or positions of the established criteria, and wherein the photographic characteristic value of a designated photographic region is weighted more heavily in the score than the photographic characteristic values of other photographic regions of the captured photograph; and
visually presenting, via a display, a photograph having a highest score to the player.

18. The method of claim 17, where a photograph that captures the player's position that most closely matches the predefined player movements or positions of the established criteria with a lowest blur value is assigned the highest score.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the designated photographic region corresponds to a face and the other photographic regions corresponds to other content that is not a face.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the designated photographic region is different for different captured photographs.