System and method enabling live broadcasting sessions in virtual environments

A method executed by at least one processor implementing instructions in memory of at least one server computer, comprising:

• creating a virtual environment based on virtual environment creation instructions from a host client device connected to the at least one server computer via a network;
• connecting the virtual environment to an event that is broadcast through the virtual environment, the event being a live real-world event;
• setting up a live broadcasting session that is broadcast from the virtual environment comprising a broadcast of the event;
• sending an invitation to at least one invitee client device, wherein the invitation comprises 3D coordinates of the virtual environment specified for at least one invitee;
• upon the at least one invitee accepting the invitation, opening up a communication channel enabling access to the at least one invitee to the virtual environment, wherein the invitee client device accesses the virtual environment through a user graphical representation that is positioned at the specified 3D coordinates of the virtual environment;
• streaming the live broadcasting session to the at least one invitee client device;
• and
• selecting between a selective forwarding unit (SFU) architecture to forward individual live streams from transmitting client devices to receiving client devices, and a multipoint control unit (MCU) architecture to forward a combined live stream of the live streams from the transmitting client devices to the receiving client devices, wherein the selecting is based on a threshold number of live streams from the transmitting client devices.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions stored in memory which, when executed by at least one processor, cause at least one server computer to perform steps comprising:

• creating a virtual environment based on virtual environment creation instructions from a host client device connected to the at least one server computer via a network;
• connecting the virtual environment to an event that is broadcast through the virtual environment, the event being a live real-world event;
• setting up a live broadcasting session that is broadcast from the virtual environment comprising a broadcast of the event;
• sending an invitation to at least one invitee client device, wherein the invitation comprises 3D coordinates of the virtual environment specified for at least one invitee;
• upon the at least one invitee accepting the invitation, opening up a communication channel enabling access to the at least one invitee to the virtual environment, wherein the invitee client device accesses the virtual environment through a user graphical representation that is positioned at the specified 3D coordinates of the virtual environment;
• streaming the live broadcasting session to the at least one invitee client device, wherein a field of view of the invitee is calculated from the specified 3D coordinates of the virtual environment;
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• selecting between a selective forwarding unit (SFU) architecture to forward individual live streams from transmitting client devices to receiving client devices, and a multipoint control unit (MCU) architecture to forward a combined live stream of the live streams from the transmitting client devices to the receiving client devices, wherein the selecting is based on a threshold number of live streams from the transmitting client devices.