TY  - CHAP
A1  - Truman, Samuel
A1  - von Mammen, Sebastian
T1  - Interactive Self-Assembling Agent Ensembles
T2  - Proceedings of the 1st Games Technology Summit
N2  - In this paper, we bridge the gap between procedural content generation (PCG) and user-generated content (UGC) by proposing and demonstrating an interactive agent-based model of self-assembling ensembles that can be directed though user input. We motivate these efforts by considering the opportunities technology provides to pursue game designs based on according game design frameworks. We present three different use cases of the proposed model that emphasize its potential to (1) self-assemble into predefined 3D graphical assets, (2) define new structures in the context of virtual environments by self-assembling layers on the surfaces of arbitrary 3D objects, and (3) allow novel structures to self-assemble only considering the model’s configuration and no external dependencies. To address the performance restrictions in computer games, we realized the prototypical model implementation by means of an efficient entity component system (ECS). We conclude the paper with an outlook on future steps to further explore novel interactive, dynamic PCG mechanics and to ensure their efficiency.
KW  - procedural content generation
KW  - user-generated content
KW  - game mechanics
KW  - agent-based models
KW  - self-assembly
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-246032
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Epplée, Rafael
A1  - Langbehn, Eike
T1  - Overlapping Architecture: Implementation of Impossible Spaces in Virtual Reality Games
N2  - Natural walking in virtual reality games is constrained by the physical boundaries defined by the size of the player’s tracking space. Impossible spaces, a redirected walking technique, enlarge the virtual environment by creating overlapping architecture and letting multiple locations occupy the same physical space. Within certain thresholds, this is subtle to the player. In this paper, we present our approach to implement such impossible spaces and describe how we handled challenges like objects with simulated physics or precomputed global illumination.
KW  - virtual reality
KW  - games
KW  - locomotion
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-246045
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
ED  - von Mammen, Sebastian
ED  - Klemke, Roland
ED  - Lorber, Martin
T1  - Proceedings of the 1st Games Technology Summit
BT  - part of Clash of Realites 11th International Conference on the Technology and Theory of Digital Games
N2  - As part of the Clash of Realities International Conference on the Technology and Theory of Digital Games, the Game Technology Summit is a premium venue to bring together experts from academia and industry to disseminate state-of-the-art research on trending technology topics in digital games. In this first iteration of the Game Technology Summit, we specifically paid attention on how the successes in AI in Natural User Interfaces have been impacting the games industry (industry track) and which scientific, state-of-the-art ideas and approaches are currently pursued (scientific track).
KW  - Veranstaltung
KW  - Künstliche Intelligenz
KW  - Mensch-Maschine-Kommunikation
KW  - Computerspiel
KW  - natural user interfaces
KW  - artificial intelligence
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-245776
SN  - 978-3-945459-36-2
ER  -