Patent ID: 11921970
Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for conducting a holographic call based on avatar positions in a mini-map, the method comprising:
providing the mini-map for a virtual space corresponding to a real-world space, the mini-map being structured according to the real-world space,
wherein multiple users have joined the virtual space and are each represented in the mini-map by an avatar, and
wherein at least one of the multiple users has joined the virtual space while in the real-world space and at least one of the multiple users has joined the virtual space while not in the real-world space;

updating the positions, of the avatars that correspond to at least one of the multiple users that joined the virtual space while not in the real-world space, in the mini-map according to movement commands issued by the users that the avatars represent;
updating the positions, of the avatars that correspond to at least one of the multiple users that joined the virtual space while in the real-world space, based on real-world movements of the users that the avatars represent in the real-world space, the real-world movements of the users in the real-world space being tracked, at least partially, by matching identified objects and structures to mapped objects and structures for the real-world space;
identifying both that two or more of the avatars are within a threshold distance of one another in the mini-map, wherein a first avatar of the two or more avatars represents a first user who has joined the virtual space from a location remote from the real-world space and a second avatar of the two or more avatars represents a second user who joined the virtual space while in the real-world space, wherein both the first avatar and the second avatar can traverse the virtual space corresponding to the real-world space; and
in response to the identifying, initiating a holographic call between the users represented by the two or more of the avatars.