Abstract: Described herein is a computer-implemented method for signalling a directional hint to a video game player of a video game system, comprising: obtaining (102), by the video game system, positional data; generating (104), based on the positional data, by a processor of the video game system, a directional hint to be signalled to the video game player; receiving (106), at a peripheral device of the video game system, the directional hint; and actuating (108) a moveable weight of the peripheral device in the direction of the directional hint, thereby biasing the weight distribution of the peripheral device in the direction of the directional hint.

Abstract: A gaming headset comprising a processing unit configured to: receive incomplete video frame data, representing a first portion of a video frame; predict video frame data by applying a machine learning algorithm to the incomplete video frame data to generate predicted video frame data; combine the incomplete video frame data and predicted video frame data to generate complete video frame data representing a whole video frame; output the complete video frame data to a display.

Abstract: A system for tracking a gaze direction of a user, the system comprising: a lens mountable on the surface of a user's eye, wherein the lens comprises a reflective element configured to reflect at least a portion of light incident on the lens; a photosensor configured to detect the reflected light; a processor configured to receive data from the photosensor and generate tracking information based on the detected reflected light so as to determine gaze directions of the user's eye.

Abstract: Described herein is a system for transmitting data to a virtual reality headset. The system comprises a video game console; a laser array comprising one or more lasers, wherein the video game console is configured to transmit console data to the laser array; and a virtual reality headset comprising one or more headset sensors, wherein the laser array is configured to transmit the console data to the one or more headset sensors via the one or more lasers of the laser array.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a brace for supporting a spine of a patient. The brace includes an anterior panel, a posterior panel, lateral panels bridging between the anterior panel and the posterior panel, and an adjustable belt tightenable around the anterior panel, the brace selectively configurable to include either lateral panels attachable to the posterior, a posterior thoracic extension attachable to the posterior panel or a dorsal lumbar extension attachable to the posterior panel.

Abstract: An image processing system operable to generate one or more images for display, the system comprising a rendering unit operable to render one or more of a plurality of textures using flexible scale rasterization, FSR, a metadata generation unit operable to generate metadata indicating one or more properties of the FSR used to render a corresponding texture, a shader compiler operable to read the metadata, and to modify a shader to enable a texture sampling to be performed that includes an FSR resolve where the metadata indicates that a corresponding texture has been rendered with FSR, and an image generation unit operable to generate an image for display using at least one modified shader, the generated image including one or more of the plurality of textures.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprises obtaining a set of initial graphics assets for a video game, an initial graphics asset comprising at least initial model data for an object, obtaining text data from one or more data sources, inputting at least some of the text data to a machine learning model, generating one or more respective images in dependence on the text data using the machine learning model, and modifying the set of initial graphics assets for the video game in dependence upon one or more of the respective images generated using the machine learning model.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing method. The method includes receiving an image, receiving gaze data indicative of a gaze location of a user for the image, performing an upscaling process on at least part of the received image to increase quality of the at least part of the received image, and outputting the upscaled image to a display device. Performing the upscaling process includes upscaling a first region of the received image corresponding to the gaze location of the user for the image using a first kernel size and upscaling a second region of the received image using a second kernel size, where the first kernel size is larger than the second kernel size.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing method. The method comprises obtaining a first velocity of one or more parts of a second image frame between a first image frame and the second image frame. The first image frame and the second image frame are frames for display at a head mounted display, HMD. The method further comprises receiving motion data indicative of motion of the HMD between a display time of the first image frame and a display time of the second image frame, adjusting the first velocity based on the received motion data to determine an adjusted velocity of the one or more parts of the second image frame between the first image frame and the second image frame, and performing one or more image processing operations on the second image frame based on the adjusted velocity of the one or more parts of the second image frame.

Abstract: A method for reducing uneven wear of a thumbstick of a controller, the thumbstick being rotatably held within a socket of a housing of the controller, and the method comprising: pivoting a thumbstick of a controller within a socket of a housing of the controller; and rotating the thumbstick within the socket and around a pivoted central axis of the thumbstick.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises receiving circuitry to receive user information indicative of an inactivity period for one or more video games previously played by a user, prediction circuitry to predict a mitigation action associated with a respective video game of the one or more video games previously played by the user in dependence on at least an inactivity period for the respective video game and generate video game mitigation information for the mitigation action associated with the respective video game, the prediction circuitry comprising one or more trained machine learning models to predict the mitigation action in dependence on at least the inactivity period for the respective video game, and output circuitry to output the video game mitigation information.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquefier nozzle (100) for an additive manufacturing system, which includes a body (110,111,112) within which is received one or more inserts. One type of insert is a wear resistant tip insert (106) press-fit into the body. Another type is a heat transfer insert (10) either press-fit into an upstream end of the body or captivated within the body by the wear resistant tip insert (106). Yet another type is a press-fit tip insert that incorporates a heat transfer element.

Abstract: A system for rendering two-dimensional, 2D, content in a three-dimensional, 3D, virtual reality environment, comprising: receiving circuitry configured to receive the 2D content, the 2D content being in a 2D format; environment generating circuitry configured to generate the 3D virtual reality environment, wherein the 3D virtual reality environment comprises a virtual surface upon which the 2D content is to be rendered; recognition circuitry configured to recognise one or more regions of interest in the 2D content; mask generating circuitry configured to generate, in dependence upon a location of the virtual surface within the generated 3D virtual reality environment and in dependence upon at least one recognised region of interest in the 2D content, a 3D mask of the generated 3D virtual reality environment, wherein the 3D mask indicates at least one region within the 3D virtual reality environment in which the at least one recognised region of interest is to be rendered; and rendering circuitry configured to

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes analysis circuitry to receive captured images comprising at least one eye of a user when viewing display images displayed by a head mounted display “HMD” and detect one or more eye properties for the user in dependence on at least some of the captured images and generate eye information indicative of one or more of the eye properties for the user, control circuitry to control, in dependence on the eye information, image brightness associated with one or more eye tracking calibration images to be displayed to the user, and processing circuitry to output one or more of the eye tracking calibration images for display by the HMD.

Abstract: A processing system for modifying interactive content includes: a user profile obtaining unit operable to obtain the user profile including information about an eye-in-head radius, the eye-in-head radius representing an amount of a display viewable by a user without moving their head, an interactive element identification unit operable to identify interactive elements in displayed content, and to identify selection areas associated with each identified interactive element, and a content modification unit operable to modify interactions between a user and one or more of the identified interactive elements in dependence upon the obtained user profile, the content modification unit is operable to locate one or more of the identified interactive elements in dependence on the eye-in-head radius, and the content modification unit is further operable to determine an overlap threshold between the eye-in-head radius and each selection area in order for an interaction with a corresponding interactive element to be perf