Methods and Systems for Conducting a Meeting in a Virtual Environment
AssigneeChevron U.S.A. Inc.
InventorKevyn Mark Renner
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Abstract
Systems and methods of conducting a meeting between a plurality of people in a virtual environment are provided. A display associated with each of the plurality of people outputs a virtual conference room that includes an avatar associated with each of the plurality of people, and a virtual display that displays a 3-D model of a manufacturing facility. A selection of an object of the 3-D model is received and the virtual display displays information associated with the selected object of the 3-D model. The display associated with each of the plurality of people outputs the virtual conference room and the virtual display with the information associated with the selected object of the 3-D model.
Claims24
A method of conducting a meeting between a plurality of people, the method comprising:
- outputting, on a display associated with each of the plurality of people, a virtual conference room that includes
- an avatar associated with each of the plurality of people, and
- a virtual display that displays a 3-D model of a manufacturing facility;
- receiving a selection of an object of the 3-D model;
- and
- displaying on the virtual display information associated with the selected object of the 3-D model;
- and
- outputting, on the display associated with each of the plurality of people, the virtual conference room and the virtual display with the information associated with the selected object of the 3-D model.
A system for conducting a meeting between a plurality of people, the system comprising:
- a server that executes a computer program to produce a virtual environment that includes a virtual conference room;
- a plurality of user terminals, associated with each of the plurality of people, coupled to the server by a network;
- and
- manufacturing facility information storage coupled to the server,
- wherein the server includes display logic to provide an output of the virtual conference room to a display associated with each of the plurality of user terminals, the virtual conference room including
- an avatar associated with each of the plurality of people, and
- a virtual display that displays a 3-D model of a manufacturing facility;
- wherein the server includes selection logic that receives a selection of an object of the 3-D model, and in response to the selection the display logic provides an output to the display associated with each of the plurality of people with the virtual display with the information associated with the selected object of the 3-D model.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.