Rendering of Real World Objects and Interactions Into A Virtual Universe
First Claim
1. A method comprising;
- configuring a sensor to receive input associated with at least one of an object or an interaction;
acquiring data associated with the at least one of an object or an interaction;
associating a participant with the acquired data;
associating a virtual universe with the acquired data; and
automatically converting, the acquired data to data that is usable to render a representation of the at least one of an object or an interaction in the virtual universe.
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Abstract
Systems are disclosed herein that can capture image data reflecting real world objects and/or actions and convert this data into a format that, is usable in a virtual universe (VU). Thus, image data representing real world/actual objects and actions can be acquired, converted into virtual universe compatible data, sent to a VU server where the actions and objects can be associated with a virtual area or an avatar, and a recreation of the objects and actions can be displayed to a user in the VU. This allows a participant to customize activities and objects in the VU, and provide a unique “personality” for their avatar and their VU. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
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1. A method comprising;
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configuring a sensor to receive input associated with at least one of an object or an interaction; acquiring data associated with the at least one of an object or an interaction; associating a participant with the acquired data; associating a virtual universe with the acquired data; and automatically converting, the acquired data to data that is usable to render a representation of the at least one of an object or an interaction in the virtual universe. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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an object-interaction acquisition module to acquire one of object image data or interaction image data; an identification module to identify a participant associated with the object image data and the interactions image data; an association module to associate the image data with the participant; and a data conversion module to translate the image data into virtual universe compatible format such that the object or interaction rendered in a virtual universe resemble the object or interaction in the real world. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A machine-accessible medium containing instructions which, when the instructions are executed by a machine, cause said machine to perform operations, comprising:
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configuring a sensor to receive input data usable to create at least an image; associating the input data with a virtual universe; acquiring image data representing at least one of, an object or an interaction; and converting the image data into data usable to create a virtual universe. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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