Abstract: A method for virtual reality cloud computing includes receiving, from a client device, a request by a user of the client device to execute a application, the application being provided by a third-party cloud service comprising a plurality of hosts. The method further includes selecting, from the plurality of hosts, a particular host to service the request, and receiving, from the particular host, connection parameters that are required for establishing a streaming connection to the particular host. The method further includes, in response to the request, providing the connection parameters to a streaming client executing on the client device, and instructing the streaming client to establish the streaming connection to the particular host and to execute the application.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media for rendering digital environments are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive a data stream at an area rendering server; render, by the area rendering server, a global digital environment based at least in part on the received data stream; generate a parallax rendering data stream based at least in part on the received data stream; receive the parallax rendering data stream at a composition server; combine, by the composition server, the received parallax rendering data stream into a new parallax rendering data stream; render, by one or more client platforms, a local digital environment based at least in part on the new parallax rendering data stream; and cause display of the local digital environment through an output of the one or more client platforms.

Abstract: The described systems regulate the transmission and playback of multiple streams of audio data, e.g., for a multiplayer game, and provide sequential playback of audio, buffered while the listener is listening to a different stream, time-compressed if necessary. The systems thus solve a problem of users “talking over each other” by: (1) regulating access to audio channels; and (2) treating the spoken audio as distinct blocks so as to play the messages, e.g., from multiple channels, sequentially to users. The messages may be played back at a later time at time-compressed rates or aborted as directed by the user or by a separate automated process.

Abstract: The described systems regulate the transmission and playback of multiple streams of audio data, e.g., for a multiplayer game, and provide sequential playback of audio, buffered while the listener is listening to a different stream, time-compressed if necessary. The systems thus solve a problem of users “talking over each other” by: (1) regulating access to audio channels; and (2) treating the spoken audio as distinct blocks so as to play the messages, e.g., from multiple channels, sequentially to users. The messages may be played back at a later time at time-compressed rates or aborted as directed by the user or by a separate automated process.

Abstract: The described systems regulate the transmission and playback of multiple streams of audio data, e.g., for a multiplayer game, and provide sequential playback of audio, buffered while the listener is listening to a different stream, time-compressed if necessary. The systems thus solve a problem of users “talking over each other” by: (1) regulating access to audio channels; and (2) treating the spoken audio as distinct blocks so as to play the messages, e.g., from multiple channels, sequentially to users. The messages may be played back at a later time at time-compressed rates or aborted as directed by the user or by a separate automated process.