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Multi-user and multi-surrogate virtual encounters

  • US 10,223,821 B2
  • Filed: 04/25/2017
  • Issued: 03/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A virtual reality encounter system comprising,a first surrogate comprising a body and supporting at least one first camera that captures image data from a first physical location in which the first surrogate is disposed to produce a first image signal;

  • a second surrogate comprising a body and supporting at least one second camera that captures second image data from the first physical location in which the second surrogate is disposed to produce a second image signal;

    a processor configured to;

    receive the first image signal;

    detect an image of the second surrogate in the first image signal;

    replace the image data of the second surrogate in the first physical location, with image data of a user in the first physical location to form a transformed image that substitutes the image data of the user for the image data of the second surrogate; and

    a user device in a second, different location, with the user device comprising a display, with the display configured to receive the transformed image.

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