System and method for developing, testing and deploying digital reality applications into the real world via a virtual world

A method for facilitating development, testing, and deployment of digital reality applications, the method comprising:

• providing, by at least one server comprising memory and at least one processor, one or more digital reality applications and a persistent virtual world system comprising at least one virtual replica of a corresponding real object, wherein virtual 3D world coordinates and virtual properties of the at least one virtual replica are based on 3D world coordinates and properties of the corresponding real object;
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• receiving, by the at least one server, input from at least one user device accessing the persistent virtual world system, wherein the at least one user device is connected to the at least one server via a network, and wherein the persistent virtual world system allows one or more users to view and interact with the one or more digital reality applications in a merged reality comprising a real world layer, a virtual world layer configured on top of the real world layer, and one or more digital reality application layers configured on top of the virtual world layer;
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• wherein the one or more digital reality applications include one or more positional digital reality applications on a predetermined 3D world location or one or more areal digital reality application services on a predetermined geographical area configured to provision an application service to a user within or in proximity to the predetermined geographical area.

One or more non-transitory computer readable-media having stored thereon instructions configured to cause a server computer system comprising memory and at least one processor to perform a method for facilitating development, testing, and deployment of digital reality applications, comprising the steps of:

• providing one or more digital reality applications and a persistent virtual world system comprising at least one virtual replica of a corresponding real object, wherein virtual 3D world coordinates and virtual properties of the at least one virtual replica are based on 3D world coordinates and properties of the corresponding real object;
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• receiving input from at least one user device accessing the persistent virtual world system, wherein the at least one user device is connected to the at least one server via a network, and wherein the persistent virtual world system allows one or more users to view and interact with the one or more digital reality applications in a merged reality comprising a real world layer, a virtual world layer configured on top of the real world layer, and one or more digital reality application layers configured on top of the virtual world layer;
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• wherein the one or more digital reality applications include one or more positional digital reality applications on a predetermined 3D world location or one or more areal digital reality application services on a predetermined geographical area configured to provision an application service to a user within or in proximity to the predetermined geographical area.