COMPUTER SIMULATION METHOD WITH USER-DEFINED TRANSPORTATION AND LAYOUT

摘要

A multi-user process receives input from multiple remote clients to manipulate avatars through a virtual environment modeled in a host memory. The environment includes portal objects operable to transport avatars, which are modeled objects operated in response to client input, between defined areas of the virtual environment. The portals are customizable in response to client input to transport avatars to destinations preferred by users. Adjacent defined areas are not confined in extent by shared boundaries. The host provides model data for display of the modeled environment to participating clients.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a host computer operating a modeling engine for a multi-user shared modeled three-dimensional environment including manipulation of avatars and modeled objects in response to input from a plurality of clients, the modeling engine operative for:
modeling an environment containing a subject area having a first scale when viewed from outside the subject area;modeling the environment containing the subject area having a second scale when viewed from inside of the first area;wherein the first and second scales are not equal; andwherein the subject area occupies an amount of space in the area outside of the subject area that is not equal to the amount of space located within the subject area.