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US 10,255,729 B1Granted
System and method for haptic mapping of a configurable virtual reality environment
AssigneeExploring, Inc.
InventorsJovan Hutton Pulitzer, David Walens, Matthew Kelly, Geoffrey Wright
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Abstract
A system for providing a virtual reality experience includes a display associated with a field of view of a user. A virtual reality system renders a virtual realty world responsive to a movement of the user and displays the rendered virtual reality world to a user through the display. A configurable virtual reality environment model may be configured to place physical walls in a location that corresponds to a virtual wall located within with virtual realty world such that when the display shows the user touching a wall in the virtual reality world, the user feels the physical wall placed in the configurable virtual reality environment.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a configurable virtual reality environment model configured to place physical walls in a location that corresponds to a virtual wall located within a virtual reality world such that when a display shows a user touching a wall in the virtual reality world the user feels a physical wall placed in the configurable virtual reality environment model, wherein the configurable virtual reality environment model further comprises;
- a plurality of floor sections comprising:
- a plurality of members for supporting a floor, each of the plurality of members defining at least one opening therein enabling wiring access between the plurality of floor sections, each of the plurality of members further defining a plurality of first slots for receiving an end of a cross brace, each of the plurality of first slots defining a pin for securing the end of the cross brace in a fixed position;
- a securing mechanism connected to a top surface of each of the plurality of members defining a plurality of connection points for a wall panel;
- a plurality of cross braces for interconnecting a first member of the plurality of members to a second member of the plurality of members, each of the plurality of cross braces defining a first hole for engaging a first pin in the first member and a second hole for engaging a second pin in the second member to maintain the cross brace in a fixed position with respect to the first member and the second member, wherein the plurality of cross braces maintain the first member and the second member a predetermined distance from each other;
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- decking placed on the top surface of the plurality of members for providing the floor for supporting a user;
- a processor configured to implement a virtual reality (VR) environment model plan generation system configured to receive VR data from a VR system and generate a plan and a parts list for the configurable virtual reality environment model;
- a VR system interface for providing a connection to the VR system to receive the VR data describing the virtual reality world;
- wherein the processor is further configured to implement an environment plan generator for generating a plan for building the configurable virtual reality environment model responsive to the received VR data;
- wherein the processor is further configured to implement a parts list generator for generation of a parts list necessary to build the configurable virtual reality environment model according to the generated plan of the environment plan generator;
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- an output interface for providing the generated plan for building the configurable virtual reality environment model and the parts list for the configurable virtual reality environment model.
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A system for providing a configurable virtual reality environment model, comprising:
- a plurality of wall panels that are interconnectable with each other without a need for tools;
- a plurality floor sections that are interconnectable without a need for tools, the plurality of floor sections including a connection interface for connecting the wall panels to the plurality of floor sections;
- wherein the plurality of wall panels may be located on the plurality of floor sections at a plurality of angles from 0 degrees to 90 degrees with respect to a first edge of the plurality of floor sections;
- wherein the plurality of wall panels may be configured to place physical walls in a location that corresponds to a virtual wall located within a virtual reality world such that when a virtual reality display shows a user touching a wall in the virtual reality world the user feels a physical wall placed in the configurable virtual reality environment model;
- wherein the plurality of floor sections further comprises:
- a plurality of members for supporting a floor, each of the plurality of members defining at least one opening therein enabling wiring access between the plurality of floor sections, each of the plurality of members further defining a plurality of first slots for receiving an end of a cross brace, each of the plurality of first slots defining a pin for securing the end of the cross brace in a fixed position;
- a securing mechanism connected to a top surface of each of the plurality of members defining a plurality of connection points for a wall panel;
- a plurality of cross braces for interconnecting a first member of the plurality of members to a second member of the plurality of members,
- each of the plurality of cross braces defining a first hole for engaging a first pin in the first member and a second hole for engaging a second pin in the second member to maintain the cross brace in a fixed position with respect to the first member and the second member, wherein the plurality of cross braces maintain the first member and the second member a predetermined distance from each other;
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- decking placed on the top surface of the plurality of members for providing the floor for supporting a user.
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A system, comprising:
- a virtual reality (VR) system interface for providing a connection to a system to receive VR data describing a virtual reality world;
- a configurable virtual reality environment model related to the virtual reality world including a plurality of floor sections, the plurality of floor sections comprising:
- a plurality of members for supporting a floor, each of the plurality of members defining at least one opening therein enabling wiring access between the plurality of floor sections, each of the plurality of members further defining a plurality of first slots for receiving an end of a cross brace, each of the plurality of first slots defining a pin for securing the end of the cross brace in a fixed position;
- a securing mechanism connected to a top surface of each of the plurality of members defining a plurality of connection points for a wall panel;
- a plurality of cross braces for interconnecting a first member of the plurality of members to a second member of the plurality of members, each of the plurality of cross braces defining a first hole for engaging a first pin in the first member and a second hole for engaging a second pin in the second member to maintain the cross brace in a fixed position with respect to the first member and the second member, wherein the plurality of cross braces maintain the first member and the second member a predetermined distance from each other;
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- decking placed on the top surface of the plurality of members for providing the floor for supporting a user;
- a processor configured to implement a VR environment model plan generation system configured to receive the VR data from the VR system and generate a plan and a parts list for the configurable virtual reality environment model;
- a VR system interface for providing a connection to the VR system to receive the VR data describing the virtual reality world;
- a processor configure to implement a virtual reality (VR) environment model plan generation system configured to receive VR data from a VR system and generate a plan and a parts list for the configurable virtual reality environment model;
- wherein the processor is further configured to implement an environment plan generator for generating a plan for building the configurable virtual reality environment model responsive to the received VR data;
- wherein the processor is further configured to implement a parts list generator for generation of a parts list necessary to build the configurable virtual reality environment model according to the generated plan of the environment plan generator;
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- an output interface for providing the generated plan for building the configurable virtual reality environment model and the parts list for the configurable virtual reality environment model.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.