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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1999
Yossi Mass, Ramat Gan, IL;
Amir Herzberg, Ramat Efal, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
System for continuous display and navigation in a virtual reality world comprising display means, a server, a computer including browsing means for communicating with the server, storage means for storing a plurality of files defining three dimensional virtual spaces which can be displayed on display means on request of browsing means, and virtual reality managing means for, upon receiving coordinates of the current viewpoint of the user from browsing means, directly requesting to server appropriate files, the selection of which is based on an evaluation of which three-dimensional virtual space will be most needed and loading these files into browsing means for displaying this three-dimensional space.