Patent ID: 8539085

Claim:
A host computer device for accessing a virtual reality environment, said host computer device comprising: a data storage device which stores data representing the virtual reality environment and program code for accessing and displaying the virtual reality environment, said data representing the virtual reality environment including static virtual reality data and dynamic virtual reality data; at least one network interface device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the data storage device and the at least one network interface device to: (a) activate the virtual reality environment using the data representing the virtual reality environment, (b) cause at least one display device to display an indication of the activated virtual reality environment, (c) receive at least one input from a user to alter the dynamic virtual reality data of the data representing the virtual reality environment, (d) cause the at least one display device to display an altered virtual reality environment based on the at least one received input, (e) after causing the display of the altered virtual reality environment, establish a network connection with at least one remote host, and (f) cause the dynamic virtual reality data of the data representing the virtual reality environment stored on the at least one remote host to be altered based on the at least one received input without causing the static virtual reality data of the data representing the virtual reality environment stored on the at least one host to be altered, wherein, the at least one processor operates with the at least one network interface device to establish network communication with the at least one remote host via a session server associated with the host computer.