Multi-instance, multi-user animation platforms

A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions, that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

• model a plurality of parallel dimensions, each of the plurality of parallel dimensions being a replica of a modeled three dimensional space configured for modeling occupancy and movement of multiple avatars within limits defined for the three-dimensional space;
• assign ones of a plurality of avatars between respective ones of the plurality of parallel dimensions so that each of the plurality of avatars populates a respective one of the parallel dimensions and each of the plurality of parallel dimensions is populated by a unique subset of the plurality of avatars, to control avatar population counts in each of the plurality of parallel dimensions;
• and
• animate ones of the plurality of avatars populating different ones of the parallel dimensions in response to input identified as belonging to respective ones of multiple clients, to generate virtual-reality data configured to enable the respective ones of the clients to output an animated display of a corresponding one of the parallel dimensions and avatars populated therein.

A computer comprising a memory holding instructions, that when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

• generate a plurality of parallel dimensions in a computer memory, each being a replica of a modeled three dimensional space configured for modeling occupancy and movement of multiple avatars within defined spatial limits;
• assign ones of a plurality of avatars between respective ones of the plurality of parallel dimensions so that each of the plurality of avatars populates a respective one of the parallel dimensions and each of the plurality of parallel dimensions is populated by a unique subset of the plurality of avatars, to control avatar population counts in each of the plurality of parallel dimensions;
• and
• animate ones of the plurality of avatars populating different ones of the parallel dimensions in response to input identified as belonging to respective ones of multiple clients, to generate virtual-reality data configured to enable the respective ones of the clients to output an animated display of an assigned one of the parallel dimensions and avatars populated therein.