System and method for generating a virtual reality scene based on individual asynchronous motion capture recordings

A method to generate and/or modify three-dimensional scenes comprising animated characters based on individual asynchronous motion capture recordings, the method being implemented by one or more sensors, displays, and/or processors configured to perform the method, the method comprising:

• generating, by the one or more sensors configured to capture motion and/or sound made by one or more users in a physical space, output signals conveying information related to the motion and/or the sound made;
• presenting, via the one or more presentation devices, virtual reality content to one or more users, wherein presentation of the virtual reality content via a presentation device simulates presence of a user within a virtual space that is fixed relative to physical space;
• receiving, at the one or more processors, selection of a first character to virtually embody within the virtual space such that virtually embodying the first character enables a first user to record the motion and/or the sound to be made by the first character within the compiled virtual reality scene;
• recording, at the one or more processors, responsive to the selection of the first character, first motion capture information characterizing the motion and/or the sound made by the first user as the first user virtually embodies the first character, wherein the first motion capture information is captured in a manner such that actions of the first user are manifested by the first character within the compiled virtual reality scene;
• receiving, at the one or more processors, selection of a second character to virtually embody, wherein the second character is separate and distinct from the first character, and wherein virtually embodying the second character enables the first user to record one or more of the motion and/or the sound to be made by the second character within the compiled virtual reality scene;
• presenting, via the one or more presentation devices, a manifestation of the first user's actions by the first character to the first user responsive to the selection of the second character;
• contemporaneous to the presentation of the manifestation of the first user's actions by the first character, recording, by the one or more processors, second motion capture information that characterizes the motion and/or the sound made by the first user as reactions to the manifestation as the first user virtually embodies the second character, wherein the second motion capture information is captured in a manner such that actions of the first user are manifested by the second character contemporaneously with the actions of the first user manifested by the first character within the compiled virtual reality scene;
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• generating, by the one or more processors, the compiled virtual reality scene including animation of the first character and the second character such that the first character and the second character appear animated within the compiled virtual reality scene contemporaneously.