Patent ID: 8150941
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
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 a plurality of users has been created, said user group associated with a departure virtual reality environment, wherein each of the plurality of users is associated with a host; facilitating establishment of network communication between the hosts associated with each of the plurality of users of the user group; determining a destination virtual reality environment for the user group; determining a destination server host associated with the destination virtual reality environment; causing a display of a teleporter within the departure virtual reality environment to each user of the user group; after each user has provided an indication of an association with the teleporter: (a) transmitting data representing the destination virtual reality environment to each host associated with each user of the user group; and (b) facilitating establishment of network communication between the destination server host and the host associated with each user of the user group, thus enabling each user of the user group to interact with the destination virtual reality environment.