Accessing a virtual reality environment

A computing device of a computing infrastructure, the computing device comprises:

• an interface;
• a local memory;
• and
• a processor operably coupled to the interface and the local memory, wherein the processor performs functions to:
• interpret a request received via the interface for a requesting entity to access a set of learning objects pertaining to a common topic represented in a virtual reality environment to produce a set of requested learning object identifiers, wherein a multitude of license blocks of a blockchain of an object distributed ledger identifies valid licensees of an inventory of learning objects, wherein each learning object of the inventory of learning objects is associated with a unique learning object identifier;
• determine whether a license smart contract for the set of learning objects associated with a non-fungible token (NFT) of the object distributed ledger affirms access by the requesting entity to the set of learning objects, wherein the license smart contract includes one or more of a learning object set identifier of the set of learning objects, an identifier of an affiliated lesson package, license terms, an effectiveness metric for the set of learning objects, an accreditation indicator for the set of learning objects, and at least one learning object owner identifier associated with the set of learning objects;
• and
• when the access is affirmed:
• generate the virtual reality environment utilizing a group of object representations in accordance with interaction information for at least some of the object representations of the group of object representations, wherein at least some of the object representations are associated with corresponding three dimensional (3-D) physical objects, wherein the interaction information includes 3-D models and position information for the at least some of the object representations of the group of object representations, wherein a first set of object representations of the group of object representations is associated with a first piece of information regarding the common topic, wherein a second set of object representations of the group of object representations is associated with a second piece of information regarding the common topic, wherein the processor further generates the virtual reality environment by:
• identifying a common illustrative asset based on the first and second sets of object representations, wherein the common illustrative asset belongs to the first and second sets of object representations and depicts an aspect regarding the common topic pertaining to the first and second pieces of information,
• rendering a portion of the common illustrative asset to produce a set of common illustrative asset video frames,
• selecting a subset of the set of common illustrative asset video frames to produce a common portion of video frames for the virtual reality environment with regards to the first and second sets of object representations to reduce duplicative rendering,
• rendering another representation of the first set of object representations to produce a first remaining portion of the video frames for the virtual reality environment with regards to the first set of object representations,
• rendering another representation of the second set of object representations to produce a second remaining portion of the video frames for the virtual reality environment with regards to the second set of object representations, and
• linking the common portion, the first remaining portion, and the second remaining portion of the video frames to produce the virtual reality environment;
• and
• output, via the interface, the virtual reality environment to the requesting entity for interactive consumption.

A non-transitory computer readable memory comprises:

• a first memory element that stores operational instructions that, when executed by a processing module, causes the processing module to:
• interpret a request for a requesting entity to access a set of learning objects pertaining to a common topic represented in a virtual reality environment to produce a set of requested learning object identifiers, wherein a multitude of license blocks of a blockchain of an object distributed ledger identifies valid licensees of an inventory of learning objects, wherein each learning object of the inventory of learning objects is associated with a unique learning object identifier;
• a second memory element that stores operational instructions that, when executed by the processing module, causes the processing module to:
• determine whether a license smart contract for the set of learning objects associated with a non-fungible token (NFT) of the object distributed ledger affirms access by the requesting entity to the set of learning objects, wherein the license smart contract includes one or more of a learning object set identifier of the set of learning objects, an identifier of an affiliated lesson package, license terms, an effectiveness metric for the set of learning objects, an accreditation indicator for the set of learning objects, and at least one learning object owner identifier associated with the set of learning objects;
• and
• a third memory element that stores operational instructions that, when executed by the processing module, causes the processing module to:
• when the access is affirmed:
• generate the virtual reality environment utilizing a group of object representations in accordance with interaction information for at least some of the object representations of the group of object representations, wherein at least some of the object representations are associated with corresponding three dimensional (3-D) physical objects, wherein the interaction information includes 3-D models and position information for the at least some of the object representations of the group of object representations, wherein a first set of object representations of the group of object representations is associated with a first piece of information regarding the common topic, wherein a second set of object representations of the group of object representations is associated with a second piece of information regarding the common topic, wherein the processing module further generates the virtual reality environment by:
• identifying a common illustrative asset based on the first and second sets of object representations, wherein the common illustrative asset belongs to the first and second sets of object representations and depicts an aspect regarding the common topic pertaining to the first and second pieces of information,
• rendering a portion of the common illustrative asset to produce a set of common illustrative asset video frames,
• selecting a subset of the set of common illustrative asset video frames to produce a common portion of video frames for the virtual reality environment with regards to the first and second sets of object representations to reduce duplicative rendering,
• rendering another representation of the first set of object representations to produce a first remaining portion of the video frames for the virtual reality environment with regards to the first set of object representations,
• rendering another representation of the second set of object representations to produce a second remaining portion of the video frames for the virtual reality environment with regards to the second set of object representations, and
• linking the common portion, the first remaining portion, and the second remaining portion of the video frames to produce the virtual reality environment;
• and
• output the virtual reality environment to the requesting entity for interactive consumption.