Patent ID: 11907412
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 4:
5. A virtual reality (“VR”) system comprising:
a VR controller including one or more processors and a computer-readable storage medium coupled to the one or more processors storing program instructions, the VR controller being configured to generate a VR experience;
a VR headset communicatively connected to the VR controller that is configured to display a VR space to a user;
a sensor communicatively connected to the VR controller that is configured to monitor a spectator space proximate to the user;
a display communicatively connected to the VR controller that is viewable from the spectator space; and
boosting experience points of the user based on sounds from the spectator;
wherein the program instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
detecting, using the sensor, a first person in the spectator space;
analyzing the first person to determine whether the first person is a spectator or a bystander based on whether the first person is engaged in another activity that is unrelated to the VR system;
prompting, in response to determining that the first person is a spectator because the first person is not engaged in the another activity, the first person to opt-in to the VR experience; and
rendering, in response to the first person opting-in, an avatar in the VR space that represents the spectator.