US Patent Application 18220200. PRESENTING AVATARS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENTS simplified abstract
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PRESENTING AVATARS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENTS
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Gary Ian Butcher of Los Gatos CA (US)
Rupert Burton of San Francisco CA (US)
Dorian D. Dargan of Oakland CA (US)
Nicholas W. Henderson of San Carlos CA (US)
Jason Rickwald of Santa Cruz CA (US)
Giancarlo Yerkes of San Francisco CA (US)
PRESENTING AVATARS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENTS - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18220200 titled 'PRESENTING AVATARS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENTS
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes a computer system that can create and display avatars based on user poses, with the avatars having variable display characteristics indicating the certainty of the pose.
- Computer system receives data representing a user's pose and creates an avatar with a corresponding feature.
- The avatar's display characteristic changes based on how certain the system is about the user's pose.
- This allows for more realistic and dynamic avatars in virtual environments.
The computer system can also update the appearance of a user representation based on their current activity.
- The system receives data indicating the current activity of one or more users.
- It updates the appearance of the user representation using appearance templates.
- The appearance can change based on the type of activity being performed by the user.
- This provides a more accurate and visually appealing representation of users in virtual environments.
Original Abstract Submitted
In some embodiments, a computer system receives data representing a pose of at least a first portion of a user and causes presentation of an avatar that includes a respective avatar feature corresponding to the first portion of the user and presented having a variable display characteristic that is indicative of a certainty of the pose of the first portion of the user. In some embodiments, a computer system receives data indicating current activity of one or more users is activity of a first type and, in response, updates a representation of a user having a first appearance based on a first appearance template. The system receives second data indicating current activity of the one or more users and, in response, updates the appearance of the representation of the first user based on the current activity of the one or more users using the first or a second appearance template.
