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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1993
Jaron Z Lanier, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jean-Jacques G Grimaud, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Young L Harvill, San Mateo, CA (US);
Ann Lasko-Harvill, San Mateo, CA (US);
Chuck L Blanchard, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark L Oberman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael A Teitel, La Honda, CA (US);
VPL Research, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer model of a virtual environment is continuously modified by input from various participants. The virtual environment is displayed to the participants using sensory displays such as head-mounted visual and auditory displays which travel with the wearer and track the position and orientation of the wearer's head in space. Participants can look at each other within the virtual environment and see virtual body images of the other participants in a manner similar to the way that people in a physical environment see each other. Each participant can also look at his or her own virtual body in exactly the same manner that a person in a physical environment can look at his or her own real body. The participants may work on a common task together and view the results of each other's actions.