US 2019/0088015 A1 · VIRTUAL REALITY STREAMING

Abstract

Disclosed is a cloud network server system, a method and a software program product for experiencing a three-dimensional (3D) model. 3D model data associated with a 3D video game is uploaded to the cloud network server system. These are used to design for example a computer game that renders non-spatial characteristics such as, smell, reflection and/or refraction of light, wind direction, sound reflection, etc., along with spatial and visibility information associated with 3D objects displayed in the 3D video game. Different versions of the 3D model are created based on memory, streaming bandwidth, and/or processing power requirements of different user terminal computers. Based on a virtual location of a user in the 3D model, parts of at least one version of the 3D model are rendered to the user. This renders a more lifelike virtual reality gaming experience with substantially lesser time lag and lesser memory footprint requirement.

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Dependent claims

A method for experiencing a three-dimensional graphical computer model, comprises at least one distributed cloud network server system (200) comprising a plurality of servers (321, 322, 323), at least one model upload computer (300) and at least one user terminal computer (210), wherein,

a three-dimensional graphical computer model comprising spatial and visibility information data is uploaded to the cloud network (320) from the at least one model upload computer (300),
the three-dimensional graphical computer model is composed from the data and is partitioned into smaller cells (610, 620, 630),
a user connects to the cloud network (320) with a terminal computer (210) installed with an application (220) configured for viewing the three-dimensional graphical computer model from said cloud server network (320),
based on the virtual location of the user within the three-dimensional graphical computer model, only the parts of the three-dimensional model visible from said virtual location are displayed on the terminal computer screen to the user,
parts of the three-dimensional graphical computer model are streamed to the application (220) on said terminal computer (210).

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A non-transitory computer readable medium on which is stored a program for providing a three-dimensional graphical computer model, and when executed by at least one distributed cloud network server system (200) comprising a plurality of servers (321, 322, 323), at least one model upload computer (300) and at least one user terminal computer (210), wherein,

three-dimensional graphical computer model comprising spatial and visibility information data is configured to be uploaded to the cloud network (320) from the at least one model upload computer (300),
the three-dimensional graphical computer model is configured to be composed from the data and is partitioned into smaller cells (610, 620, 630),
a user connects to the cloud network (320) with a terminal computer (210) installed with an application (220) configured for viewing the three-dimensional graphical computer model from said cloud server network (320),
based on the virtual location of the user within the three-dimensional graphical computer model, only the parts of the three-dimensional model visible from said virtual location is configured to be displayed on the terminal computer screen to the user,
parts of the three-dimensional graphical computer model and associated non-spatial information are streamed to the application (220) on said terminal computer (210).

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A cloud server network system (200) for providing a three-dimensional graphical computer comprising a plurality of servers (321, 322, 323), at least one model upload computer (300) and at least one user terminal computer (210), wherein,

three-dimensional graphical computer model comprising spatial and visibility information data is configured to be uploaded to the cloud network (320) from the at least one model upload computer (300),
the three-dimensional graphical computer model is configured to be composed from the data and is partitioned into smaller cells (610, 620, 630),
a user is configured to connect to the cloud network (320) with a terminal computer (210) installed with an application (220) configured for viewing the three-dimensional graphical computer model from said cloud server network (320),
based on the virtual location of the user within the three-dimensional graphical computer model, only the parts of the three-dimensional model visible from said virtual location are configured to be displayed on the terminal computer screen to the user,
parts of the three-dimensional graphical computer model and associated non-spatial information are configured to be streamed to the application (220) on said terminal computer (210).

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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