Method, system and apparatus of recording and playing back an experience in a virtual worlds system

A method of providing a recorded experience in a virtual world, the method comprising:

• instantiating through execution of one or more processors a plurality of instances of a scene in the virtual world, the plurality of instances defined by data from memory of a server, each of the plurality of instances supporting participation of at least one user by way of a client device;
• automatically assigning a plurality of avatars in the virtual world to the plurality of instances of the scene, each of the plurality of avatars corresponding to one of the at least one users, wherein the assignment of the plurality of avatars corresponds to a predetermined number of avatars for an event to be performed in each of the plurality of instances;
• retrieving at least one file corresponding to the recorded experience from memory, the recorded experience having been generated prior to instantiation of the plurality of instances of the scene, the recorded experience having an initial scene state and subsequent changes thereto during a time period of the recorded experience;
• rendering the recorded experience in each of the plurality of instances of the scene at a particular time interval for display by the client device of each of the at least one users, wherein:
• the plurality of avatars may interact with the recorded experience in a respective one of the plurality of instances during a time period in the virtual world corresponding to the time period of the recorded experience;
• and
• the plurality of avatars may interact with at least one avatar of the recorded experience in the respective one of the plurality of instances.

A method of providing a recorded scene from a virtual world, the method comprising:

• instantiating through execution of one or more processors a plurality of instances of a scene in the virtual world, the plurality of instances defined by data from memory of a server, each of the plurality of instances supporting participation of at least one user by way of a client device;
• automatically assigning a plurality of avatars in the virtual world to the plurality of instances of the scene, each of the plurality of avatars corresponding to one of the at least one users, wherein the assignment of the plurality of avatars corresponds to a predetermined number of avatars for an event to be performed in each of the plurality of instances;
• retrieving at least one file corresponding to the recorded scene from memory, the recorded scene having been generated prior to instantiation of the plurality of instances of the scene, the recorded scene having an initial scene state and subsequent changes thereto during a time period of the recorded scene;
• rendering the recorded scene in each of the plurality of instances of the scene for display by the client device of each of the at least one users, wherein:
• each avatar of the plurality of avatars may interact with the recorded scene in one of the plurality of instances during a time period in the virtual world corresponding to the time period of the recorded scene;
• and
• the plurality of avatars may interact with at least one avatar of the recorded experience in the respective one of the plurality of instances.

A method of providing a recorded scene from a virtual world, the method comprising:

• instantiating through execution of one or more processors a plurality of instances of a scene in the virtual world, the plurality of instances defined by data from memory of a server, each of the plurality of instances supporting participation of at least one user by way of a client device;
• automatically assigning a plurality of avatars in the virtual world to the plurality of instances of the scene, each of the plurality of avatars corresponding to one of the at least one users, wherein the assignment of the plurality of avatars corresponds to a predetermined number of avatars for an event to be performed in each of the plurality of instances;
• retrieving at least one file corresponding to the recorded scene from memory, the recorded scene having been generated prior to instantiation of the plurality of instances of the scene, the recorded scene having an initial scene state and subsequent changes thereto during a time period of the recorded scene;
• rendering the recorded scene in each of the plurality of instances of the scene at a particular time interval for display by the client device of each of the at least one users, wherein:
• each avatar of the plurality of avatars may interact with the recorded scene in one of the plurality of instances;
• and
• the plurality of avatars may interact with at least one avatar of the recorded experience in the respective one of the plurality of instances.