Patent ID: 11947871
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A computer program product, the computer program product comprising:
one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium, the program instructions executable by a processor capable of performing a method, the method comprising:, establishing a virtual conference room and connections thereto by a speaking participant, an addressee participant, and a non-addressee participant;
assigning the speaking participant, the addressee participant, and the non-addressee participant to positions in a virtual space;
displaying a virtual output stream of the virtual space to a viewing participant on a user device display screen, wherein the viewing participant is selected from a group consisting of the speaking participant, the addressee participant, and the non-addressee participant, and wherein the virtual output stream comprises a schematic visual representation of the virtual space from the viewing participant's spatial perspective that is configured to be displayed in a two-dimensional viewport from a fixed perspective;
determining that the speaking participant is directing a speech segment to the addressee participant; and
altering the virtual output stream and an audio output stream for the viewing participant based at least on the positions of the speaking participant and the addressee participant, wherein the altering of the virtual output stream modifies a viewing direction of a virtual representation of each participant based on a gaze direction of the respective participant towards a representation of another participant on the user device display screen.