Virtual space communication system, three-dimensional image display method, and apparatus therefor
US6437778B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 15, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/20
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Plural client computers 10 manipulates by individual users, a data management computer 200, and a host computer 100 are mutually connected through a network NW. The data management computer 200 manages the VRML file expressing a virtual space, and also transfers the VRML file to each client computer 10 through the network NW according to the request from each client computer 10. Each client computer 10 displays the virtual space according to the VRML file, and also displays in inside of the virtual space the object capable of updating the property data by the manipulation of the user. The host computer 100 manages the property data (position, shape, speech text, etc.) of the object changed by the operation inputted by the user at each client computer 10, so that the users of the client computers 10 sharing the same virtual space can communicate with each other through the behavior and speech of the objects in the virtual space.
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