SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A PLURALITY OF USERS TO INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER IN AUGMENTED OR VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEMS

• US 20150234463A1
• Filed: 05/02/2015
• Published: 08/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
• Inventors: Miller, Samuel A., Abovitz, Rony
• Granted Patent: US 10,234,939 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0127 comprising devices increasing the depth of field
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0093 with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/20 Processor architectures; Processor configuration, e.g. pipelining
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30201 Face
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/024 Multi-user, collaborative environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/73 using feature-based methods
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/02 Networking aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/20 Details of the management of multiple sources of image data
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/006 Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a display terminal using a CRT G09G1/167; using a flat panel G09G3/2096; circuits for interfacing with colour displays G09G5/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 : Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality

Abstract

One embodiment is directed to a system for enabling two or more users to interact within a virtual world comprising virtual world data, comprising a computer network comprising one or more computing devices, the one or more computing devices comprising memory, processing circuitry, and software stored at least in part in the memory and executable by the processing circuitry to process at least a portion of the virtual world data; wherein at least a first portion of the virtual world data originates from a first user virtual world local to a first user, and wherein the computer network is operable to transmit the first portion to a user device for presentation to a second user, such that the second user may experience the first portion from the location of the second user, such that aspects of the first user virtual world are effectively passed to the second user.

Claims

1. A system for enabling two or more users to interact within a virtual world comprising virtual world data, comprising:

a computer network comprising one or more computing devices, the one or more computing devices comprising memory, processing circuitry, and software stored at least in part in the memory and executable by the processing circuitry to process at least a portion of the virtual world data;

wherein at least a first portion of the virtual world data originates from a first user virtual world local to a first user, and wherein the computer network is operable to transmit the first portion to a user device for presentation to a second user, such that the second user may experience the first portion from the location of the second user, such that aspects of the first user virtual world are effectively passed to the second user.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first and second users are in different physical locations.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first and second users are in substantially the same physical location.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the virtual world changes in response to a change in the virtual world data.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the virtual world changes in response to a physical object sensed by the user device.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the change in virtual world data represents a virtual object having a predetermined relationship with the physical object.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the change in virtual world data is presented to a second user device for presentation to the second user according to the predetermined relationship.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual world is operable to be rendered by at least one of the computer servers or a user device.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual world is presented in a two-dimensional format.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual world is presented in a three-dimensional format.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the user device is operable to provide an interface for enabling interaction between a user and the virtual world in an augmented reality mode.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the user device is operable to provide an interface for enabling interaction between a user and the virtual world in a virtual reality mode.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the user device is operable to provide an interface for enabling interaction between a user and the virtual world a combination of augmented and virtual reality mode.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual world data is transmitted over a data network.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer network is operable to receive at least a portion of the virtual world data from a user device.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the virtual world data transmitted to the user device comprises instructions for generating at least a portion of the virtual world.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the virtual world data is transmitted to a gateway for at least one of processing or distribution.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein at least one of the one or more computer servers are operable to process virtual world data distributed by the gateway.