Methods and systems for conducting a meeting in a virtual environment
First Claim
1. A method of conducting a meeting between a plurality of people, the method comprising:
- providing a virtual conference room comprising;
an avatar associated with each of the plurality of people attending the meeting, anda virtual display of a 3-D model of a manufacturing facility;
receiving a query from one of the plurality of people attending the meeting directed to a characteristic of one or more objects depicted in the 3-D model;
displaying one or more virtual objects included within the 3-D model on the virtual display, the one or more virtual objects responsive to the query;
receiving a selection from a person of the plurality of people of one of the one or more virtual objects of the 3-D model, wherein receiving the selection of the object of the 3-D model comprising receiving a selection at a point within the 3-D model;
providing information associated with the selected object of the 3-D model to each of the plurality of people attending the meeting, wherein providing the information comprises retrieving data from one or more databases containing physical structural and operational characteristics of a real world object represented by the virtual object; and
displaying a knowledge view to each of the people attending the meeting, the knowledge view including navigational controls for added perspective of the virtual display, wherein the knowledge view displays physical interrelationships of objects associated with two or more model subsystems, each of the two or more model subsystems including one or more objects of a common type.
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Abstract
Systems and methods of conducting a meeting between a plurality of people in a virtual environment are provided. A display associated with each of the plurality of people outputs a virtual conference room that includes an avatar associated with each of the plurality of people, and a virtual display that displays a 3-D model of a manufacturing facility. A selection of an object of the 3-D model is received and the virtual display displays information associated with the selected object of the 3-D model. The display associated with each of the plurality of people outputs the virtual conference room and the virtual display with the information associated with the selected object of the 3-D model.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of conducting a meeting between a plurality of people, the method comprising:
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providing a virtual conference room comprising; an avatar associated with each of the plurality of people attending the meeting, and a virtual display of a 3-D model of a manufacturing facility; receiving a query from one of the plurality of people attending the meeting directed to a characteristic of one or more objects depicted in the 3-D model; displaying one or more virtual objects included within the 3-D model on the virtual display, the one or more virtual objects responsive to the query; receiving a selection from a person of the plurality of people of one of the one or more virtual objects of the 3-D model, wherein receiving the selection of the object of the 3-D model comprising receiving a selection at a point within the 3-D model; providing information associated with the selected object of the 3-D model to each of the plurality of people attending the meeting, wherein providing the information comprises retrieving data from one or more databases containing physical structural and operational characteristics of a real world object represented by the virtual object; and displaying a knowledge view to each of the people attending the meeting, the knowledge view including navigational controls for added perspective of the virtual display, wherein the knowledge view displays physical interrelationships of objects associated with two or more model subsystems, each of the two or more model subsystems including one or more objects of a common type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27)
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9. A system for conducting a meeting between a plurality of people, the system comprising:
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a server that executes a computer program to produce a virtual environment that includes a virtual conference room; a plurality of user terminals, associated with each of the plurality of people, coupled to the server by a network; and manufacturing facility information storage coupled to the server, the manufacturing facility information storage comprising physical and operational characteristics of a plurality of real world objects represented by a plurality of virtual objects, wherein the server includes display logic to provide an output of the virtual conference room to a display associated with each of the plurality of user terminals, the virtual conference room comprising; an avatar associated with each of the plurality of people, and a virtual display that displays a 3-D model of a manufacturing facility; wherein the server is configured to receive a query from one of the plurality of people attending the meeting directed to a characteristic of one or more real world objects depicted as the virtual objects in the 3-D model, and, in response, display a subset of the virtual objects on the virtual display, the subset of virtual objects responsive to the query; wherein the server includes selection logic that receives a selection of one of the plurality of virtual objects within the 3-D model, the selection being simulated in the 3-D model, and in response to the selection the display logic provides an output to the display associated with each of the plurality of people with the virtual display with information from the manufacturing facility information storage associated with the selected virtual object of the 3-D model, wherein the information associated with the selected virtual object comprises a plurality of sub-objects and wherein when the selection logic receives a selection of one of the sub-objects, the display logic provides an output to the display associated with each of the plurality of people of the virtual conference room and the virtual display with additional information associated with the selected sub-object of the 3-D model; and wherein the virtual display includes a knowledge view including navigational controls for added perspective of the virtual display, wherein the knowledge view displays physical interrelationships of objects associated with two or more model subsystems, each of the two or more model subsystems including one or more objects of a common type. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 24, 25)
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