Method for preventing user collision while playing in a virtual reality environment

A system for preventing collisions in a physical environment for multiple players playing in a virtual reality environment, comprising:

• a plurality of virtual reality headsets for displaying a plurality of virtual reality areas to a plurality of players;
• a server for generating the plurality of virtual reality areas for display on the plurality of virtual reality headsets, the server configured to:
• create a plurality of virtual reality areas with respect to a physical environment;
• establish each of the plurality of players as an active player in one of the plurality of virtual reality areas;
• map for each of the plurality of players an active player avatar into a single virtual reality area of the plurality of virtual reality areas;
• map for each of the plurality of players a non-active player avatar into each of the plurality of virtual reality areas where a user does not have the active player avatar;
• and
• display the active player avatars and the non-active player avatars in each of the plurality of virtual reality areas, wherein a single avatar is present in each of the plurality of virtual reality areas for each of the plurality of players.

A method for preventing collisions in a physical environment for multiple players playing in a virtual reality environment, comprising:

• creating a plurality of virtual reality areas with respect to a physical environment;
• establishing each of a plurality of players as an active player in one of the plurality of virtual reality areas;
• mapping for each of the plurality of players an active player avatar into a single virtual reality area of the plurality of virtual reality areas, wherein the active player avatars comprise a solid avatar that may not be seen through within the plurality of virtual reality areas;
• mapping for each of the plurality of players a non-active player avatar into each of the plurality of virtual reality areas where a user does not have the active player avatar, wherein the active player avatars comprise a solid avatar that may not be seen through within the plurality of virtual reality areas;
• displaying the active player avatars and the non-active player avatars in each of the plurality of virtual reality areas, wherein a single avatar is present in each of the plurality of virtual reality areas for each of the plurality of players;
• determining whether a first player is within a predetermined distance of any of the plurality of players within the physical environment;
• displaying the non-active player avatars to the first player within the single virtual reality area that the first player is active in for each of the plurality of players that is within the predetermined distance of the first player;
• determine if any player previously within the predetermined distance of the first player within the physical environment has moved out of the predetermined distance of the first player;
• and
• remove the non-active player avatars from display within the virtual reality environment for each of the plurality of players that has moved out of the predetermined distance of the first player.