Patent ID: 11931655
Assignee: UTHERVERSE GAMING LLC
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 19:
20. A system comprising:
means for managing a virtual reality environment;
means for receiving a first input from a first computer;
means for receiving a second input from a second computer;
means for controlling a first avatar in response to the first input received from the first computer;
means for controlling a second avatar in response to the second input from the second computer;
means for receiving automated inputs from the first computer;
means for controlling the first avatar based on the received automated inputs;
means for switch from automated control of the first avatar to user control of the first avatar based at least in part on a condition, wherein the condition corresponds to a proximity of the first avatar and the second avatar, a movement by the second avatar, a visibility of the second avatar from the point of view of the first avatar, or a communication from the second avatars to the first avatar; and
means for resume the automated control of the first avatar in response, in part, to a cessation of the condition that triggered the switching from the automated control of the first avatar to the user control of the first avatar.