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SPLITTING AVATARS IN A VIRTUAL WORLD

  • US 20110131510A1
  • Filed: 12/02/2009
  • Published: 06/02/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

  • configuring one or more computer processors to perform an operation comprising;

    determining one or more split points within a virtual world, wherein each split point corresponds to a point where a first avatar is selectively split within the virtual world into multiple copies;

    monitoring presence of the first avatar within the virtual world;

    in response to determining the avatar has encountered one of the plurality of split points, issuing a prompt to select whether to split the first avatar in the virtual world;

    responsive to the prompt, receiving a request to split the first avatar;

    creating a second avatar from the first avatar, responsive to the request to split the first avatar; and

    controlling actions of the first avatar and the second avatar independently of one another in the virtual world, in response to avatar control input.

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