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Virtual affordance sales tool

  • US 10,181,218 B1
  • Filed: 02/08/2017
  • Issued: 01/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for generating a virtual world (VW) representation of an office space affordance configuration, the system comprising:

  • (i) a database comprising;

    a plurality of affordance models, each affordance model including a 3D dataset that represents an instance of the associated model;

    at least a first virtual space representation, the first virtual space representation including fixtures arranged to mimic at least one real world space layout;

    at least a first affordance specification that includes a list of affordance types and, for each type, includes a list of instances of the affordance type in a VW representation, for each instance, indicates the location in and orientation of the at least a first virtual space representation at which the instance is located and the orientation of the instance;

    an ambient environment database that models at least one non-appearance experiential aspect of a VW representation;

    (ii) an interface including at least a first emissive display surface and an input device;

    (iii) an input device for providing input to the system;

    (iii) a processor linked to the database, the input device and the interface, the processor programmed to perform the steps of;

    (a) using the first virtual space representation, affordance specification and affordance models to generate a three dimensional VW dataset;

    (b) for a specific location within the three dimensional dataset, using the ambient environment database to model the at least one non-appearance aspect of the VW representation at at least a first location within the three dimensional dataset;

    (c) presenting a VW view into the VW dataset at the at least a first location and along a first trajectory via the at least a first emissive surface; and

    (d) presenting at least some indication of the non-appearance aspect to a user using the interface.

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