System and method for creating a collaborative virtual session

A method in a server for creating a collaborative virtual session via a network between at least first and second entities, wherein said at least first and second entities are operative to physically interface with first and second coupler agents, respectively, said first and second coupler agents including or couplable to first and second client devices having access to said network, said method comprising the steps of:

• receiving a request from said first client device to initiate a virtual session with said second client device;
• joining said second client device to said virtual session with said first client device;
• exchanging metadata between said first client device and said second client device, said metadata representative of said first entity and said second entity as a function of signals received from said first and second coupler agents, respectively, wherein:
• said metadata enables said first client device to locally instantiate a virtual representation of said second entity from a perspective of said first entity, as a function of received metadata representative of said second entity, in a locally instantiated public zone of a collaborative virtual room;
• and,
• said metadata enables said second client device to locally instantiate a virtual representation of said first entity from a perspective of said second entity, as a function of received metadata representative of said first entity, in a locally instantiated public zone of said collaborative virtual room.

A client device for participating in a collaborative virtual session, via a network, with a second client device, each of said client devices associable with a coupler agent for interfacing with a communicating entity, said client device comprising:

• at least one processor and at least one memory, said memory containing instructions whereby, when executed by said processor, said client device is operable to:
• generate a locally instantiated virtual room;
• instantiate a virtual representation of a first entity associated with said client device in said locally instantiated virtual room;
• transmit metadata representative of said first entity to said second client device;
• receive metadata representative of said second entity from said second client device;
• and,
• instantiate a virtual representation of said second entity as a function of said received metadata, from a perspective of said first entity, in said locally instantiated virtual room.

A method in a client device for participating in a collaborative virtual session, via a network, with a second client device, each of said client devices associable with a coupler agent for interfacing with a communicating entity, said method comprising the steps of:

• generating a locally instantiated virtual room;
• instantiating a virtual representation of a first entity associated with said client device in said locally instantiated virtual room;
• transmitting metadata representative of said first entity to said second client device;
• receiving metadata representative of said second entity from said second client device;
• and,
• instantiating a virtual representation of said second entity as a function of said received metadata, from a perspective of said first entity, in said locally instantiated virtual room.