Patent ID: 8988202
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for comprising: an extractor to extract virtual object information for processing a virtual world, wherein the virtual object information corresponding to a predetermined avatar type comprises at least an Appearance element and a HapticPropertyList element selected from the predetermined avatar type, the predetermined avatar type comprising the Appearance element, an Animation element, a CommunicationSkills element, a Personality element, a ControlFeatures element, and the HapticPropertyList element, wherein the HapticPropertyList elements denotes a list of haptic properties, werein the CommunicationsSkills element denotes communication skills; ControlFeatures denotes control features, wherein and the ControlFeatures element denotes control features; wherein the Appearance element comprises at least one sub-element selected from a predetermined avatar appearance type, wherein the predetermined avatar appearance type comprises a sub-element selection list comprising a Body sub-element, a Head sub-element, an Eyes sub-element, an Ears sub-element, a Nose sub-element, a MouthLip sub-element, a Skin sub-element, a Facial sub-element, a Nail sub-element, a Hair sub-element, an EyeBrows sub-element, and a FacialHair sub-element, wherein the MouthLip sub-element denotes a mouth and a lip; wherein the EyeBrows sub-element denotes eyebrows; wherein the FacialHair sub-element denotes facial hair, wherein the sub-elements in the predetermined avatar appearance type comprises a hapticIDRef attribute denoting identification information regarding the haptic property information included in the HapticPropertyList, wherein the HapticPropertyList element comprises a plurality of haptic properties of the avatar type, wherein the hapticIDRef attribute in the at least one sub-element of the Appearance element refers to one of the plurality of haptic properties in the HapticPropertyList element, and wherein the extractor is configured to: wherein the apparatus is configured to identify the listed sub-elements for extracting the haptic property, and wherein the extracted haptic property is used for providing haptic feedback.