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AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsStephen Latta, Kevin Geisner, Brian Mount, Jonathan Steed, Tony Ambrus, Arnulfo Zepeda, Aaron Krauss
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A system and related methods for inviting a potential player to participate in a multiplayer game via a user head-mounted display device are provided. In one example, a potential player invitation program receives user voice data and determines that the user voice data is an invitation to participate in a multiplayer game. The program receives eye-tracking information, depth information, facial recognition information, potential player head-mounted display device information, and/or potential player voice data. The program associates the invitation with the potential player using the eye-tracking information, the depth information, the facial recognition information, the potential player head-mounted display device information, and/or the potential player voice data. The program matches a potential player account with the potential player. The program receives an acceptance response from the potential player, and joins the potential player account with a user account in participating in the multiplayer game.
A method for inviting a potential player to participate in a multiplayer game with a user, the multiplayer game displayed by a display of a user head-mounted display device, comprising:
A multiplayer game invitation system including a user head-mounted display device having a display, the user head-mounted display device operatively connected to a computing device, the multiplayer game invitation system comprising:
A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon and executable by a computing device to enable a user to invite a potential player to participate in a multiplayer game with the user, the instructions being executable to:
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