Method, apparatus and medium for describing a virtual shared space using virtual reality modeling language
US6493001B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 4, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 4, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2210/61
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Method and apparatus for describing a virtual shared space with ease includes a user interface unit which displays a list of avatars (or an avatar page) kept in a scene-graph database on a resource library window. A drag-and-drop operation is carried out by the user on an icon representing an avatar selected from those displayed on the avatar page of the resource library window to add the avatar to the avatar page of a multi-user window. The user interface unit detects the drag-and-drop operation carried out by the user, displaying the dragged and dropped avatar icon on the avatar page of the multi-user window as an additional avatar. Then, in accordance with this drag-and-drop operation, a file input/output unit places the file of the dragged and dropped avatar in a location where a VRML file being edited is recorded, that is, generates an avtimg directory and an avtwrl directory and describes predetermined avatar data therein.
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