Rules-based profile switching in metaverse applications
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRuthie D. Lyle, Angela Richards Jones, Fuyi Li, Vandana Mallempati, Pamela A. Nesbitt
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for providing gameplay in a metaverse application in which players interact with each other and a virtual world by controlling characters that are represented using avatars specified by avatar profiles. The method comprises providing a player with an ability to specify and maintain more than one avatar profile for a character controlled by the player; and allowing an avatar representation of the character to be switched between the more than one avatar profile during gameplay.
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A method for providing gameplay in a metaverse application in which players interact with each other and a virtual world by controlling characters that are represented using avatars specified by avatar profiles, the method comprising:
- providing a player with an ability to specify and maintain more than one avatar profile for a character controlled by the player;
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- allowing an avatar representation of the character to be switched between the more than one avatar profile during gameplay.
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