Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information providing medium
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsKoichi Matsuda, Taketo Naito, Hiroshi Ueno
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Abstract
Communication between users not accessing a shared virtual reality space at the same time is realized. A client terminal sends a calling card and a mail. A hard disk drive of a mail server holds the calling card and the mail. When a user to whom the calling card and the mail are to be sent accesses the shared virtual reality space, the mail server transfers the calling card and the mail to the client terminal.
Claims18
An information processing method for an information processing apparatus to be provided with a shared virtual reality space from a server through a network along with another information processing apparatus, comprising:
- instructing a first object related to a user in said shared virtual reality space to obtain predetermined information arranged in said shared virtual reality space;
- and
- receiving, by a second object related to the user in said shared virtual reality space, said predetermined information from said first object.
An information processing apparatus connected to a server through a network to be provided with a shared virtual reality space along with another information processing apparatus, comprising:
- instructing means for instructing a first object related to a user in said shared virtual reality space to obtain predetermined information arranged in said shared virtual reality space;and
- receiving means for receiving, by a second object related to the user in said shared virtual reality space, said predetermined information from said first object.
An information providing medium for providing control information allowing an information processing apparatus connected to a server through a network along with another information processing apparatus to be provided with a shared virtual reality space from said server, said control information comprising steps of:
- instructing a first object related to a user in said shared virtual reality space to obtain predetermined information arranged in said shared virtual reality space;
- and
- receiving, by a second object related to the user in said shared virtual reality space, said predetermined information from said first object.
An information processing method for providing a shared virtual reality space to a plurality of client apparatuses through a network, comprising:
- initiating an autonomous behavior of a first object existing in said shared virtual reality space to obtain information on behalf of a user;
- and
- transferring the information obtained by said first object in said shared virtual reality space to a second object related to the user in said shared virtual reality space.
An information processing apparatus for providing a shared virtual reality space to a plurality of clients interconnected through a network, comprising:
- control means for initiating an autonomous behavior of a first object existing in said shared virtual reality space to obtain information on behalf of a user;
- and
- transfer means for transferring information obtained by said first object in said shared virtual reality space to a second object related to the user in said shared virtual reality space.
An information providing medium for providing control information for providing a shared virtual reality space to a plurality of client apparatuses through a network, comprising:
- initiating an autonomous behavior of a first object existing in said shared virtual reality space to obtain information on behalf of a user;
- and
- transferring the information obtained by said first object in said shared virtual reality space a second object related to the user in said shared virtual reality space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.