Next-Generation Cloud Gaming

云游戏（CG）是一个巨大的、快速增长的、价值数十亿美元的产业。CG使用户能够在几乎任何设备和任何地方玩高质量的游戏，而不需要高端游戏机或安装/更新软件。这大大增加了潜在用户数量，从而扩大了市场规模。大多数大型IT公司都提供云游戏服务，如索尼PlayStation Now、b谷歌Stadia、英伟达GeForce Now、亚马逊Tempo，以及最近的微软xCloud。在游戏产业中，加拿大一直是世界上最重要的玩家之一，目前有超过110家游戏公司在加拿大运营，包括EA，育碧，Rockstar， Square Enix和Capcom。因此，这个话题对加拿大及其游戏产业来说非常重要。为了在这个市场上保持重要地位，加拿大需要提供领先的技术、知识产权和专业知识。

Cloud gaming (CG) is a large, rapidly growing, multi-billion-dollar industry. CG enables users to play high-quality games on virtually any device and anywhere, without the need for high-end gaming consoles or installing/updating software. This significantly increases the potential number of users and thus the market size. Most major IT companies offer cloud gaming services, such as Sony PlayStation Now, Google Stadia, Nvidia GeForce Now, Amazon Tempo, and recently Microsoft xCloud. Within the gaming industry, Canada has traditionally been one of the significant players in the world, with over 110 gaming companies currently operating in Canada, including EA, Ubisoft, Rockstar, Square Enix, and Capcom. The topic is therefore important to Canada and its gaming industry. To stay a significant player in this market, Canada needs to offer leading edge technologies, intellectual property, and expertise in the subject. In this project, we partner with AMD Canada with the goal of designing next-generation cloud gaming systems that optimize the quality, bitrate, and delay, to not only improve the quality of experience for both players and viewers, but also to reduce the cost and minimize resources for service providers. Collaborating with AMD, a CG hardware/system provider, is an excellent opportunity to advance the state-of-the-art in this subject for the benefit of Canadian companies and the gaming industry. The ideas in this proposal were jointly developed by the PIs and multiple AMD researchers and engineers. All proposed ideas are important for the improvement of actual products and services offered by AMD, such as the AMD Radeon Sky Series Graphics Cards and the AMD RapidFire Software Development Kit (SDK). The algorithms and models that will be developed during this project will give a competitive edge to AMD and other Canadian companies working in this rapidly growing cloud gaming market.