Patent ID: 8954527
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of shifting users between a plurality of different virtual reality environments, said method comprising the steps of: determining that a user group containing at least one user has been created, said user group associated with a departure virtual reality environment, wherein each of the at least one user is associated with a host device; facilitating establishment of network communication between a host device associated with each of the at least one user of the user group; determining a destination virtual reality environment for the user group; determining a destination server host device associated with the destination virtual reality environment; transmitting data representing the destination virtual reality environment to each host device associated with each of the at least one user of the user group; and facilitating establishment of network communication between the destination server host device and the host device associated with each of the at least one user of the user group, thus enabling each user of the user group to interact with the destination virtual reality environment.