Patent ID: 7587747
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. Method, comprising: providing from a server, in response to a reality engine selection signal received over a telecommunications network from an active user, a video signal from among a plurality of reality engines selectable by said active user, said video signal video information for viewing in various attitudes controlled by one or more sensed signals provided by one or more corresponding rotation sensors of a mechanically rotatable display controlled in mechanical rotations by said active user in viewing said video information in said various attitudes, and said server providing the video signal selected by the active user via said telecommunications network to the mechanically rotatable display controlled in said mechanical rotations by said active user for said viewing in various attitudes by said active user, wherein said reality engine selected by said active user is also selectable by selection signals from a plurality of passive users of a corresponding plurality of mechanically rotatable displays responsive to said video signal and to an actuation signal provided by said server over said telecommunications network for mechanically actuating said plurality of mechanically rotatable displays of passive users in mechanical rotations emulative of said mechanical rotations controlled by the active user for viewing said video information by said passive viewers in emulation of said active viewer in viewing said video information in said various attitudes.