A virtual-reality (VR) headset provides for enhanced immersion in a two-dimensional (2D) game using a low-latency 2D-to-3D conversion. Columns of pixels are scanned to identify image object edges in the forms of vertically adjacent pixels that differ by more than a predetermined threshold in color. To reduce process...

In an online game system, e.g., using mobile phone apps, retention incentives are selectively applied to players based on their respective predicted likelihoods of churning (i.e., ceasing participating in the game at some time in the near future). Game play data is logged and transferred from mobile phones to a game...