Patent ID: 8132111

Claim:
A computer implemented method of enabling a first user and a second user to interact in a virtual social environment, comprising: providing a plurality of interactables in said virtual social environment for enabling said first user and said second user to interact in the virtual social environment, wherein said interactables comprises animations, text, sound, videos, and actions directed at one or more of sensory modalities including smell and touch; selecting one or more of the interactables by the first user; modifying said selected interactables by customizing object attributes of the selected interactables, wherein said object attributes include audio, visual, and textual attributes associated with the interactables; interacting with the second user by the first user in the virtual social environment, comprising the steps of: targeting said modified interactables by the first user to one of the second user and/or the virtual social environment, and a combination thereof, wherein said step of targeting is based on one or more of context of the virtual social environment, behaviors of the first user and the second user, time and schedule of user interactions, and predefined levels of permissions in the virtual social environment, wherein said step of targeting further comprises; defining relative appearance of said interactables and selecting or creating an animated path for each of said interactables, wherein said animated path and said relative appearance is defined using a plurality of coordinates; rendering said targeted interactables to one of the second user and/or the virtual social environment, and a combination thereof; and sharing the targeted interactables with the second user in the virtual social environment; whereby the virtual social environment enables the first user and the second user to interact using the interactables.