Patent ID: 9568995
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G05D,G06F,G06T

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating a user to remotely drive an automobile through a virtual reality system, the method comprising: receiving, by a server, from an automobile, a first geo-location of the automobile at a first time instance; based on the first geo-location received, rendering, by the server, a first view of a virtual reality environment reflecting a road the automobile travels in at the first time instance, wherein the rendering of the first view of the virtual reality environment includes: transmitting the first view of the virtual reality environment to a display device associated with the user; receiving, by the server, a first control input from a first interactive control device associated with the user; based on the first control input, determining, by the server, a second view of the virtual reality environment; and rendering, by the server, one or more images representing the second view.