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Method and system for real-time video communication within a virtual environment

  • US 6,853,398 B2
  • Filed: 06/21/2002
  • Issued: 02/08/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of video conferencing comprising:

  • a) creating a virtual environment in three dimensions;

    b) capturing a plurality of real-time video streams of a local participant from a plurality of sample viewpoints;

    c) generating a video image stream in real-time of said local participant to be displayed to a second participant by applying a new view synthesis technique to said plurality of real-time video streams, said video image stream rendered from a second location of said second participant with respect to a first location of said local participant within a coordinate space of said virtual environment;

    d) enabling a change in at least one of said first and second locations;

    e) modifying said video image stream to reflect said change in c); and

    f) enabling real-time video communication from said local participant to said second participant.

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