Dynamic camera views in a virtual environment
AssigneeZoom Video Communications, Inc.
InventorJordan Thiel
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media relate to a method for providing dynamic camera views in a virtual environment. The system may provide a video conference session in a virtual environment. The system may provide a plurality of individual virtual cameras for capturing individual video streams of one or more 3D avatars and an environment virtual camera for capturing an environment video stream. The system may display the individual video streams and environment video stream in a video conference application.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- providing a video conference session in a virtual environment including respective digital representations of one or more users;
- providing a plurality of individual virtual cameras in the virtual environment, each individual virtual camera is associated with one of the respective digital representations and captures an individual video stream that includes the one of the respective digital representations and a portion of the virtual environment that is in a viewport of the each individual virtual camera;
- providing an environment virtual camera in the virtual environment, the environment virtual camera capturing an environment video stream that includes a plurality of the respective digital representations, the environment virtual camera placed at a location within the virtual environment and having a facing direction, and the environment virtual camera not associated with any of the respective digital representations;
- providing the plurality of individual video streams and the environment video stream in the video conference session;
- and
- providing for display the plurality of individual video streams and the environment video stream in a video conference application.
A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores executable program instructions that when executed by one or more computing devices configure the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:
- providing a video conference session in a virtual environment including respective digital representations of one or more users;
- providing a plurality of individual virtual cameras in the virtual environment, each individual virtual camera is associated with one of the respective digital representations and captures an individual video stream that includes the one of the respective digital representations and a portion of the virtual environment that is in a viewport of the each individual virtual camera;
- providing an environment virtual camera in the virtual environment, the environment virtual camera capturing an environment video stream that includes a plurality of the respective digital representations, the environment virtual camera placed at a location within the virtual environment and having a facing direction, and the environment virtual camera not associated with any of the respective digital representations;
- providing the plurality of individual video streams and the environment video stream in the video conference session;
- and
- providing for display the plurality of individual video streams and the environment video stream in a video conference application.
A system comprising one or more processors configured to perform the operations of:
- providing a video conference session in a virtual environment including respective digital representations of one or more users;
- providing a plurality of individual virtual cameras in the virtual environment, each individual virtual camera is associated with one of the respective digital representations and captures an individual video stream that includes the one of the respective digital representations and a portion of the virtual environment that is in a viewport of the each individual virtual camera;
- providing an environment virtual camera in the virtual environment, the environment virtual camera capturing an environment video stream that includes a plurality of the respective digital representations, the environment virtual camera placed at a location within the virtual environment and having a facing direction, and the environment virtual camera not associated with any of the respective digital representations;
- providing the plurality of individual video streams and the environment video stream in the video conference session;
- and
- providing for display the plurality of individual video streams and the environment video stream in a video conference application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.