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Rendering of real world objects and interactions into a virtual universe

  • US 8,386,918 B2
  • Filed: 12/06/2007
  • Issued: 02/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising;

  • configuring a multi-touch interactive system to support concurrent interactions by multiple participants, the system detecting objects respectively associated with the participants and receiving input associated with the objects;

    acquiring data associated with one of the objects;

    associating the acquired data with one of the participants;

    associating a virtual universe with the acquired data;

    automatically converting the acquired data to data that is usable to render an avatar associated with said one participant interacting with a representation of the object in the virtual universe; and

    assigning an identifier to the acquired data such that the virtual universe compatible data is associable with the avatar.

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