Collaborative, multi-user system for viewing, rendering, and editing 3d assets
AssigneeTeamUp Technologies, Inc.
InventorsThiago DA COSTA, Arno ZINKE, Dov AMIHOD
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Abstract
Systems and methods are presented for allowing multiple users to collaboratively edit 3-D assets in real-time, using a distributed 3-D editing/rendering software application. The software application may include a lightweight, browser-based user interface that is able to run on computing devices with relatively little memory and processing power. The software application may further include a progressive rendering engine.
Claims4
A method of allowing multiple users to collaboratively edit 3-D projects in real-time using multiple end-user client devices distributed over a network, the method including:
- modifying a 3-D project using a graphical user interface running on a first end-user client device by creating or changing 3-D assets belonging to the 3-D project;
- distributing information representing the modification to an additional end-user client device over a network;
- displaying said modification using a graphical user interface running on said additional end-user client device;
- wherein the steps of modifying, distributing, and displaying occur in real-time, allowing the first end-user client device and the additional end-user client device to display a substantially synchronized view of the 3-D project.
A system for allowing multiple users to collaboratively edit 3-D projects in real-time using multiple end-user client devices distributed over a network, the system including:
- a first end-user client device operable to provide a graphical user interface that permits a user to modify a 3-D project by creating or changing 3-D assets belonging to the 3-D project;
- an additional end-user client device operable to receive the modification and to display the modification using a graphical user interface;
- wherein the additional end-user client device is operable to receive and display the modification to the 3-D project in real-time, allowing the first end-user client device and the additional end-user client device to display a substantially synchronized view of the 3-D project as it is modified.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.