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AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorJunichi Rekimoto
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A system and method of providing a virtual reality space that can be shared by unspecified users world-wide by the steps of composing, when a Universal Resource Locator (URL) is transmitted from a client terminal via a network, a three-dimensional virtual reality space of only basic objects of which basic states do not change and sending the Internet Protocol (IP) address of a shared server terminal from an information server and a mapping server to the transmitting client terminal. When the client terminal accesses the shared server based on the received IP address, information associated with avatars (update objects) representing users of other client terminals is transmitted from the shared server, displaying the virtual reality space reflecting the avatars on the client terminal. Consequently, the three-dimensional virtual reality space can be shared without changing the existing Internet.
A method of sharing a three-dimensional virtual reality space among a plurality of users of a plurality of client terminals, the client terminals being unspecified and each displaying the three-dimensional virtual reality space and being interconnected with each other and with a shared server terminal via a global communication network, the method comprising the steps of:
A system for sharing a three-dimensional virtual reality space comprising:
An information recording medium for use in a system for sharing a three-dimensional virtual reality space, the information recording medium recording a computer program comprising the steps of:
An information recording method for use in a system for sharing a three-dimensional virtual reality space, the information recording method recording a computer program on a recording medium, the computer program comprising the steps of:
An information transmission medium for use in a system for sharing a three-dimensional virtual reality space, the information transmission medium transmitting a computer program comprising the steps of:
An information transmission method for use in a system for sharing a three-dimensional virtual reality space, the information transmission method transmitting a computer program comprising the steps of:
An information processing method for a plurality of client terminals in a system for sharing a three-dimensional virtual reality space, the plurality of client terminals being provided in a system for sharing the three-dimensional virtual reality space to acquire three-dimensional graphics data associated with a basic object to be used by a plurality of users in a shared manner and an update object whose state is updated according to an operation performable by each of the plurality of users to display the three-dimensional virtual reality space and being connected to a shared server terminal for controlling update data associated with an update of the state of the update object sent from any of the plurality of client terminals via a global communication network interconnected with unspecified terminals, the information processing method comprising the steps of:
A client terminal in a three-dimensional virtual reality space sharing system, the client terminal being one of a plurality of client terminals for acquiring three-dimensional graphics data associated with a basic object to be used by a plurality of users in a shared manner and an update object whose state is updated according to an operation performable by each of the plurality of users to display the three-dimensional virtual reality space and being connected to a shared server terminal for controlling update data associated with an update of the state of the update object sent from any of the plurality of client terminals via a global communication network interconnected with unspecified terminals, the client terminal comprising:
An information recording medium for use in a client terminal in a three-dimensional virtual reality space sharing system, the client terminal being one of a plurality of client terminals for acquiring three-dimensional graphics data associated with a basic object to be used by a plurality of users in a shared manner and an update object whose state is updated according to an operation performable by each of the plurality of users to display the three-dimensional virtual reality space and being connected to a shared server terminal for controlling update data associated with an update of the state of the update object sent from any of the plurality of client terminals via a global communication network interconnected with unspecified terminals, the information recording medium recording a computer program in a state readable and executable by the client terminal, the computer program comprising the steps of:
An information recording method for use in a client terminal in a three-dimensional virtual reality space sharing system, the client terminal being one of a plurality of client terminals for acquiring three-dimensional graphics data associated with a basic object to be used by a plurality of users in a shared manner and an update object whose state is updated according to an operation performable by each of the plurality of users to display the three-dimensional virtual reality space and being connected to a shared server terminal for controlling update data associated with an update of the state of the update object sent from any of the plurality of client terminals via a global communication network interconnected with unspecified terminals, the information recording method recording a computer program in an information recording medium in a state readable and executable by the client terminal, the computer program comprising the steps of:
An information transmission medium for use in a client terminal in a three-dimensional virtual reality space sharing system, the client terminal being one of a plurality of client terminals for acquiring three-dimensional graphics data associated with a basic object to be used by a plurality of users in a shared manner and an update object whose state is updated according to an operation performable by each of the plurality of users to display the three-dimensional virtual reality space and being connected to a shared server terminal for controlling update data associated with an update of the state of the update object sent from any of the plurality of client terminals via a global communication network interconnected with unspecified terminals, the information transmission medium transmitting a computer program to the client terminal in a state receivable and executable by the same, the computer program comprising the steps of:
An information transmission method for use in a client terminal in a three-dimensional virtual reality space sharing system, the client terminal being one of a plurality of client terminals for acquiring three-dimensional graphics data associated with a basic object to be used by a plurality of users in a shared manner and an update object whose state is updated according to an operation performable by each of the plurality of users to display the three-dimensional virtual reality space and being connected to a shared server terminal for controlling update data associated with an update of the state of the update object sent from any of the plurality of client terminals via a global communication network interconnected with unspecified terminals, the information transmission method transmitting a computer program to the client terminal in a state receivable and executable by the same, the computer program comprising the steps of:
An information processing method for a shared server terminal in a three-dimensional virtual reality space sharing system wherein a plurality of client terminals for acquiring three-dimensional graphics data associated with a basic object to be used by a plurality of users in a shared manner and an update object whose state is updated according to an operation performable by each of the plurality of users to display the three-dimensional virtual reality space are connected via a global communication network to the shared server terminal, the information processing method comprising the steps of:
A shared server terminal in a three-dimensional virtual reality space sharing system wherein a plurality of client terminals for acquiring three-dimensional graphics data associated with a basic object to be used by a plurality of users in a shared manner and an update object whose state is updated according to an operation performable by each of the plurality of users to display the three-dimensional virtual reality space are connected to the shared server terminal for controlling update data associated with an update of the state of the update object sent from any of the plurality of client terminals via a global communication network interconnected with unspecified terminals, the shared server terminal comprising:
An information recording medium for use in a shared server terminal in a three-dimensional virtual reality space sharing system wherein a plurality of client terminals for acquiring three-dimensional graphics data associated with a basic object to be used by a plurality of users in a shared manner and an update object whose state is updated according to an operation performable by each of the plurality of users to display the three-dimensional virtual reality space are connected to the shared server terminal for controlling update data associated with an update of the state of the update object sent from any of the plurality of client terminals via a global communication network interconnected with unspecified terminals, the information recording medium recording a computer program in a state readable and executable by the shared server terminal, the computer program comprising the steps of:
An information recording method for use in a shared server terminal in a three-dimensional virtual reality space sharing system wherein a plurality of client terminals for acquiring three-dimensional graphics data associated with a basic object to be used by a plurality of users in a shared manner and an update object whose state is updated according to an operation performable by each of the plurality of users to display the three-dimensional virtual reality space are connected to the shared server terminal for controlling update data associated with an update of the state of the update object sent from any of the plurality of client terminals via a global communication network interconnected with unspecified terminals, the information recording method recording a computer program in an information recording medium in a state readable and executable by the shared server terminal, the computer program comprising the steps of:
An information transmission medium for use in a shared server terminal in a three-dimensional virtual reality space sharing system wherein a plurality of client terminals for acquiring three-dimensional graphics data associated with a basic object to be used by a plurality of users in a shared manner and an update object whose state is updated according to an operation performable by each of the plurality of users to display the three-dimensional virtual reality space are connected to the shared server terminal for controlling update data associated with an update of the state of the update object sent from any of the plurality of client terminals via a global communication network interconnected with unspecified terminals, the information transmission medium transmitting a computer program in a state readable and executable by the shared server terminal to the same, the computer program comprising the steps of:
An information transmission method for use in a shared server terminal in a three-dimensional virtual reality space sharing system wherein a plurality of client terminals for acquiring three-dimensional graphics data associated with a basic object to be used by a plurality of users in a shared manner and an update object whose state is updated according to an operation performable by each of the plurality of users to display the three-dimensional virtual reality space are connected to the shared server terminal for controlling update data associated with an update of the state of the update object sent from any of the plurality of client terminals via a global communication network interconnected with unspecified terminals, the information transmission method transmitting a computer program to the shared server terminal in a state readable and executable by the same, the computer program comprising the steps of:
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