Multiplayer teleportation and summoning
AssigneeIntuitive Research and Technology Corporation
InventorsKyle Russell, Chanler Crowe, Michael Jones, Michael Yohe
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Abstract
In a method according to the present disclosure a user in a virtual reality space identifies a desired location for moving another user within the space. The desired location is tested for suitability for teleportation or summoning. A list of clients available for moving to the desired location is identified and stored. The user selects one or more clients to move to the desired location, and the selected clients are summoned to the desired location.
Claims9
A method of moving multiplayer actors in virtual reality, comprising:
- identifying, by a first user using a user input device, a desired location in a virtual space for summoning a client;
- testing the desired location for suitability for summoning;
- identifying and storing a list of clients for possible summoning to the desired location;
- selecting one or more clients to summon to the desired location;
- and
- moving the selected clients to the desired location by calculating the offset in an x direction and a y direction from an original camera position and an original actor position, and compensating the desired location by the offset.
A method of summoning multiplayer actors in a virtual space, comprising:
- identifying, by a user using a user input device, a desired location within the virtual space for summoning one or more clients to appear;
- testing the desired location for suitability;
- identifying and storing a list of clients for possible summoning to the desired location;
- selecting, by the user using the user input device, one or more clients to summon to the desired location;
- and
- without input from the selected clients, moving the selected clients to the desired location by calculating the offset in an x direction and a y direction from an original camera position and an original actor position, and compensating the desired location by the offset.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.