Patent ID: 9588783
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method of referencing between three dimensional computer-generated virtual environments, the method comprising the steps of: instantiating a first virtual environment client software application on a user's machine, the first virtual environment client software application enabling the user machine to participate in a first virtual environment; accessing the first virtual environment using the first virtual environment client software application; referencing a link to a second virtual environment in the first virtual environment, the link enabling an Avatar associated with the user in the first virtual environment to move from the first virtual environment to the second virtual environment; upon referencing the link, instantiating a second virtual environment client software application on the user's machine, the second virtual environment client software application being a separate process from the first virtual environment client software application and not a separate instance of the first virtual environment client software application, the second virtual environment client software application enabling the user machine to participate in the second virtual environment; wherein the first virtual environment and second virtual environment are unrelated virtual environments accessed using different virtual environment client software applications and implemented as separate and independent virtual environments not forming part of the same virtual world.