SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS

摘要

An interactive virtual world having virtual display devices and avatars. Scenes in the virtual world as seen by the eyes of the avatars are presented on the user devices controlling the avatars. Media contents are played in the virtual display devices presented on the user devices, as if the media contents were virtually played in the virtual world and observed by the avatars. Real time communication channels are provided among the user devices to facilitate voice communications during the sharing of the experiences of viewing the media content in a close proximity setting in the virtual world using user devices that are remote to each other in real world.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
providing, by a computing device, a virtual world having at least one virtual display device; establishing a communication connection between the computing device and a user device associated with an avatar; providing, by the computing device, the avatar in vicinity of the virtual display device in the virtual world; adjusting, by the computing device, a location of the avatar and an orientation of the avatar based on input received in the user device and communicated to the computing device via the communication connection; determining, by the computing device, a field of view of the avatar from eyes of the avatar; capturing, by the computing device, a scene of the virtual world as seen by the avatar from the field of view, wherein the scene includes at least a portion of the virtual display device located in the virtual world; and communicating, by the computing device via the communication connection to the user device, the scene captured from the virtual world and communicated to the user device to cause the user device to display the scene with a video content that is associated with the virtual display device, wherein the video content is presented in the scene on the user device within the portion of the virtual display device.