Sony patents VR system that moves users between virtual rooms for events
Sony describes a head-mounted display system that automatically moves a user's avatar through three distinct virtual spaces during an event. The system places users in a waiting area before the content starts, moves them to a viewing area during playback, and then shifts them to a post-event gathering space.
In the filing’s own words
An HMD (head-mounted display) creates and displays a video of a first room (e.g., a pre-playing lobby) which is a virtual space where a plurality of users who are to view predetermined content gather before the content is played (S 11). The HMD creates and displays a video of a second room (e.g., a live concert place) which is a virtual space where the content is played (S 14). The HMD creates and displays a video of a third room (e.g., a post-playing lobby) which is a virtual space where the plurality of users gather after the content is played (S 16).
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An information processing system comprising: a memory comprising computer-executable instructions; and a processor configured to access the memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to perform operations comprising: rendering, on a display of the information processing system, a first avatar into a first virtual space before a predetermined content is played, wherein the first avatar corresponds to a user; in response to determining that the predetermined content is ready to play, rendering, on the display of the information processing system, the first avatar from the first virtual space into a second virtual space while the predetermined content is played; and in response to determining that the predetermined content is finished playing in the second virtual space, rendering, on the display of the information processing system, the first avatar from the second virtual space into a third virtual space after the predetermined content is played, wherein the first virtual space, the second virtual space, and the third virtual space are different from each other.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.)
- Official title
- Information processing system and information processing method
- Patent number
- US12750564B2
- Application number
- 18715056
- Filed
- Dec 10, 2021
- Granted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04N 21/816 Electricity & electronicsG06T 13/40 Physics & computingG06T 17/00 Physics & computingMore from Sony in AR, VR & displays
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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