Patent ID: 11861799
Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory including computer program code,
the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
join to at least an existing participant in an extended reality at a location in a virtual space, a joining participant in the extended reality to enable a shared extended reality,
wherein the existing participant and the joining participant in the shared extended reality are initially at least co-located in the virtual space and can share at least visually the virtual space;
wherein at least part of a content configuration is inherited from the existing participant by the joining participant, wherein the content configuration controls, for the existing participant and the joining participant, an audio element of the virtual space, a visual element of the virtual space, and interactivity with the virtual space;
wherein at least part of a join configuration is inherited between the existing participant and the joining participant, wherein the join configuration controls joining of one or more joining participants in the shared extended reality,
wherein the join configuration for the existing participant adapts responsive to the existing participant having an open voice communication channel to require explicit authorization to join the shared extended reality from the existing participant and one or more other users that are communicating in the voice communication channel.