System and method for automatically controlling avatar actions using mobile sensors
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsScott Carter, Maribeth Back, Volker Roth
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Abstract
Increasingly people want to maintain a persistent personal presence in virtual spaces (usually via avatars). However, while mobile they tend to devote only short bursts of attention to their mobile device, making it difficult to control an avatar. The core contribution of this IP is to use implicitly sensed context from a mobile device to control avatars in a virtual space that does not directly correspond to the user's physical space. This work allows mobile users to have a presence in a virtual space that matches their environmental conditions without forcing them to configure and reconfigure their virtual presence manually.
Claims21
A method for interacting with an avatar in a virtual environment, the avatar being associated with a user, the method comprising implicitly sensing context from a mobile device to control at least one avatar in the virtual environment, wherein the virtual space does not directly correspond to a physical space of the user.
A system for interacting with an avatar in a virtual environment, the avatar being associated with a user, the system comprising:
- a. A mobile device comprising a mobile sensing module, the mobile sensing module operable to implicitly sense context;
- b. A connection module operable to translate the sensed context into avatar commands;
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- c. A virtual environment module operable to receive the avatar commands and control the avatar based on the received commands, wherein the virtual space does not directly correspond to a physical space of the user.
A computer readable medium comprising a set of instructions, the set of instructions, when executed by one or more processors causing the one or more processors to perform a method for interacting with an avatar in a virtual environment, the avatar being associated with a user, the method comprising implicitly sensing context from a mobile device to control at least one avatar in the virtual environment, wherein the virtual space does not directly correspond to a physical space of the user.
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