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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2023
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Meghan Mcgrath, Highland, NY (US);
Al Chakra, Apex, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Computer-implemented defined proxemics to manage interpersonal encounters between users in virtual reality (VR) environments. A VR environment is initiated having a VR space in which a user, represented by an avatar, socializes amongst other users respectively represented as other avatars within the VR space. An impenetrable space barrier, having a size defined by predefined criteria, is created to enclose the avatar during movement within the VR space. The size of the impenetrable space barrier, with respect to an allowed interpersonal proximity between the avatar and each specific avatar of the other avatars, is dynamically adjusted during the movement within the VR space according to the predefined criteria and extrapolated data associated with the avatar and the other avatars.
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