Virtual automatic aiming
Described herein are techniques for implementing a virtualized physical controller. The techniques may comprise displaying, on a touchscreen display, an origin object and a set of potential target objects, receiving, from a user via the touchscreen display, a touch input associated with an action to be performed with respect to the origin object, determining, based on the action, a target object of the set of potential target objects on which the action is to be performed, changing a facing of the origin object to be directed toward the target object, and causing the action to be performed by the origin object on the target object.
1. A method for virtual automatic aiming, the method comprising:
generating a display of one or more virtual controller input options to present on a touchscreen that includes a display of an origin object and a set of potential target objects;
receiving a touch input at a location on the touchscreen, wherein the virtual controller input option at the location is associated with an action to be performed by the origin object;
determining a target object from among the set of potential target objects based on the action and stored preference data that includes historic object targeting patterns;
changing a direction of a facing of the origin object based on a relative location of the determined target object with respect to the origin object; and
causing the action to be performed by the origin object toward the determined target object.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the target object from among the set of potential target objects includes excluding a subset of the set of potential target objects determined to be outside one or more volumes associated with the action.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising determining the one or more volumes associated with the action based at least in part on a range of distance associated with the action.
4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising determining the one or more volumes associated with the action based at least in part on a conical section expanding from the origin object in the direction of the facing.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein changing the direction of the facing of the origin object includes rotating a direction of a front of the origin object to point toward the determined target object.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the action includes moving toward the determined target object.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the historic object targeting patterns further include data regarding one or more of a distance between the origin object and one or more of the potential target objects, an angle between the origin object and one or more of the potential target objects, and type of one or more of the potential target objects.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the stored preference data includes information provided during a configuration phase.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating ranking data based on the historic object targeting patterns, wherein determining the target object is further based on the ranking data.
10. A user device for virtual automatic aiming, the device comprising:
a touchscreen configured to display an origin object and a set of potential target objects; and
a processor that executes instructions stored in a memory to:
generate a display of one or more virtual controller input options to present on the touchscreen;
detect a touch input at a location on the touchscreen, wherein the virtual controller input option at the location is associated with an action to be performed by the origin object;
determine a target object from among the set of potential target objects based on the action and stored preference data that includes historic object targeting patterns;
change a direction of a facing of the origin object based on a relative location of the determined target object with respect to the origin object; and
cause the action to be performed by the origin object toward the determined target object.
11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the processor determines the target object from among the set of potential target objects by excluding a subset of the set of potential target objects determined to be outside one or more volumes associated with the action.
12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the processor executes further instructions to determine the one or more volumes associated with the action based at least in part on a range of distance associated with the action.
13. The device of claim 11 , wherein the processor executes further instructions to determine the one or more volumes associated with the action based at least in part on a conical section expanding from the origin object in the direction of the facing.
14. The device of claim 10 , wherein the processor changes the direction of the facing of the origin object by rotating a direction of a front of the origin object to point toward the determined target object.
15. The device of claim 10 , wherein the action includes moving toward the determined target object.
16. The device of claim 10 , wherein the historic object targeting patterns further include data regarding one or more of a distance between the origin object and one or more of the potential target objects, an angle between the origin object and one or more of the potential target objects, and type of one or more of the potential target objects.
17. The device of claim 10 , wherein the stored preference data includes information provided during a configuration phase.
18. The device of claim 10 , wherein the processor executes further instructions to generate ranking data based on the historic object targeting patterns, wherein determining the target object is further based on the ranking data.
19. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for virtual automatic aiming, the method comprising:
generating a display of one or more virtual controller input options to present on a touchscreen that includes a display of an origin object and a set of potential target objects;
receiving a touch input at a location on the touchscreen, wherein the virtual controller input option at the location is associated with an action to be performed by the origin object;
determining a target object from among the set of potential target objects based on the action and stored preference data that includes historic object targeting patterns;
changing a direction of a facing of the origin object based on a relative location of the determined target object with respect to the origin object; and
causing the action to be performed by the origin object toward the determined target object.