| 摘要 |
A method and system that allows users to explored and interact in a multi-owner, three-dimensional virtual world. A virtual world in accordance with the present invention is divided into a plurality of "lots", similar to "lots" of real estate in the real world. Users can reserve one or more of these lots to design as they please. When a user initially designs his lot on his client data processing system, he registers it with a server data processing system. The server assigns each newly registered lot to a location in the virtual world and stores the lots in a memory or database. Thus, each lot in the virtual world has an ownership attribute identifying which user defined it and owns it. All users, even those who do not have their own lots, can browse the lots of the virtual world, visiting in turn the lots that others have designed. A client system used for browsing a virtual world loads the lots and objects of the virtual world in units according to the lots of the virtual world. |
