System and method for enabling users to interact in a virtual space

A system for displaying interactions in a virtual world among a local user avatar of a local user and a plurality of remote user avatars of remote users, comprising:

• a database storing information associated with one or more avatars, each user being associated with a three dimensional avatar;
• a memory storing instructions;
• and
• a first processor programmed using the instructions to:
• receive position information associated with less than all of the remote user avatars in one or more interaction rooms of the virtual world, wherein the processor does not receive position information associated with at least some of the remote user avatars in the virtual world, each avatar of the at least some of the remote user avatars failing to satisfy a condition,
• receive orientation information associated with less than all of the remote user avatars, wherein the processor does not receive orientation information associated with at least some of the remote user avatars in the virtual world,
• generate on a graphic display a rendering showing the position and orientation of at least one remote user avatar, and
• switch between a rendering on the graphic display that shows the virtual world to the local user from a third user perspective and a rendering that allows the local user to view the local user avatar in the virtual world.

A system for displaying interactions in a virtual world among a local user and a plurality of remote users, comprising:

• a database storing information associated with one or more avatars, each user being associated with a three dimensional avatar;
• a memory storing instructions;
• and
• a processor programmed using the instructions to:
• receive position information associated with less than all of the remote user avatars in one or more interaction rooms of the virtual world, wherein the processor does not receive position information associated with at least some of the remote user avatars in the virtual world, each avatar of the at least some of the remote user avatars failing to satisfy a condition,
• receive orientation information associated with less than all of the remote user avatars, wherein the processor does not receive orientation information associated with at least some of the remote user avatars in the virtual world,
• generate on a graphic display a rendering of a perspective view of the virtual world in three dimensions which includes three dimensional renderings of the less than all of the remote user avatars based on the received orientation and position information, and
• change in three dimensions the perspective view of the rendering on the graphic display of the virtual world in response to user input.

A system for displaying interactions in a virtual world among a local user and a plurality of remote users, the system comprising:

• a database storing information associated with one or more avatars, each user being associated with a three dimensional avatar;
• a memory storing instructions;
• and
• a processor programmed using the instructions to:
• receive position information associated with less than all of the remote user avatars in one or more rooms of the virtual world where user interactions take place, wherein the processor does not receive position information associated with at least some of the remote user avatars in the virtual world,
• receive orientation information associated with less than all of the remote user avatars in the one or more rooms of the virtual world where user interactions take place, wherein the processor does not receive orientation information associated with at least some of the remote user avatars in the virtual world,
• generate on a graphic display a rendering showing the position and orientation of at least one remote user avatar, and
• switch between a rendering in which all of a perspective view of a local user avatar of the local user is displayed and a rendering in which less than all of the perspective view is displayed.