Patent ID: 8276080

Claim:
A virtual reality system comprising: a computer server configured to create a virtual reality space; a movement detector on the computer server configured to detect movement of a first avatar on one of a plurality of computers connected to the computer server in a network, wherein the first avatar points to the virtual reality space; a reference marker on the computer server configured to mark each of a plurality of objects with a reference mark in the virtual reality space; a reference marker storage system that stores creation time of the reference marker, information about one of the plurality of objects on which the reference marker is to be put, movement information about the movement of the first avatar, and avatar information about the first avatar, and wherein the reference marker is generated based on the movement information about the movement of the first avatar; and a guidance system configured to guide a second avatar on one of the plurality of computers to each of the plurality of objects pointed to by the first avatar in response to a user's selecting on a screen display a notification of the presence of the reference marker; and a policy system configured to register a policy in advance to the computer server by one of the plurality of computers, the policy defining one of the reference markers whose presence the one of the plurality of computers wishes to be notified of; a notification system configured to select one of the reference markers that meets the policy, and notify the plurality of computers of the presence of the selected reference marker; an information acquisition system configured to acquire from one of the plurality of computers a selection operation which one of the plurality of computers performs in response to a reference marker notification displayed on a screen; and an updating system configured to update positional information and line information of a second avatar to guide the second avatar to one of the reference markers.