Dialog server for handling conversation in virtual space method and computer program for having conversation in virtual space

摘要

A dialog server which provides dialogs made by at least one user through their respective avatars in a virtual space. A method and a computer readable article of manufacture tangibly embodying computer readable instructions for executing the steps of the method are also provided. The dialog server includes: a position storage unit which stores positional information on the avatars; an utterance receiver which receives at least one utterance of avatars and utterance strength representing an importance or attention level of the utterance; an interest level calculator which calculates interest levels between avatars based on their positional information; a message processor which generates a message based on the utterance in accordance with a value calculated from the interest levels and the utterance strength; and a message transmitter which transmits the message to the avatars.

主权项

1. A method of generating messages in accordance with strength values of utterances represented by the messages, the method being implemented by a computer system that comprises one or more physical processors executing one or more computer program instructions which, when executed, perform the method, the method comprising:
receiving, by the computer system, an utterance associated with a first avatar; determining, by the computer system, a strength value associated with the utterance; determining, by the computer system, an interest value, wherein said interest value is a value indicative of a deliverability of said utterance between the first avatar and the second avatar and calculated in accordance with a positional relationship defined by a direction of said first avatar relative to said second avatar and a distance between the first avatar and the second avatar; generating, by the computer system, a message representing the utterance based on the strength value and the interest value such that an appearance of the message is based on the strength value and the interest value; and providing, by the computer system, the message to a second avatar.