Multi-person mixed reality experience, method and apparatus
OwnerKenneth Perlininventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for viewing in a structure having a first participant and at least a second participant having a first VR headset to be worn by the first participant, and a second VR headset to be worn by the second participant. Each participant sees every other participant in the structure as every other participant physically appears in the structure in real time in a simulated world displayed about them by the respective VR headset each participant is wearing. Each participant sees the simulated world from their own correct perspective in the structure. The simulated world includes a near field and a far field. A method for a first participant and at least a second participant viewing in a structure.
Claims17
An apparatus for viewing in a structure having a first participant and at least a second participant comprising:
- a first virtual reality headset to be worn by the first participant, the first virtual reality headset having an inertial motion unit, a first computer, and at least a first camera;
- a second virtual reality headset to be worn by the second participant, the second virtual reality headset having an inertial motion unit, a second computer, and at least a second camera, each participant sees every other participant in the structure as every other participant physically appears in the structure in real time in a simulated world displayed about them by the respective virtual reality headset each participant is wearing, each participant sees the simulated world from their own correct perspective in the structure, the simulated world includes a near field and a far field, the first participant and the second participant interact differently with the near field than the far field;
- a marker attached to the structure for the first and second virtual reality headsets to determine locations of the first and second participants wearing the first and second virtual reality headsets, respectively, in the structure and their own correct perspective in the structure;
- and coloring on at least a portion of the structure so the portion of the structure with coloring does not appear in the simulated world.
A method for a first participant and at least a second participant viewing in a structure comprising the steps of:
- the first participant and the second participant walking around together in a virtual world shown to the first participant by a first virtual reality headset worn by the first participant and shown to the second participant by a second virtual reality headset worn by the second participant, the virtual world is an entire world around them that is simulated and displayed in each virtual reality headset, the first participant and the second participant are in physical sight of each other in the structure and see each other in the structure in the virtual world while viewing the virtual world;
- and the first participant and the second participant seeing the virtual world from their own correct perspective in the structure, the first virtual reality headset having an inertial motion unit, a first computer, and at least a first camera, the second virtual reality headset having an inertial motion unit, a second computer, and at least a second camera, there is a marker attached to the structure for the first and second virtual reality headsets to determine locations of the first and second participants wearing the first and second virtual reality headsets, respectively, in the structure and their own correct perspective in the structure, there is coloring on at least a portion of the structure so the portion of the structure with coloring does not appear in the simulated world, the simulated world includes a near field and a far field, the first participant and the second participant interact differently with the near field than the far field.
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