Patent ID: 8924880

Claim:
A method, comprising: providing, by a computing device, a virtual object inside a virtual reality world, wherein the virtual object is visible to residents of the virtual reality world when the residents are in vicinity of the virtual objects, and existence of the virtual object in the virtual reality world is independent of any resident of the virtual reality world; receiving, via the computing device, a call for a real time communication session, wherein the call is directed at the virtual object provided in the virtual reality world; in response to the call directed at the virtual object, changing, by the computing device, a presentation of the virtual object to provide a cue perceivable to one or more residents of the virtual reality world in vicinity of the virtual object in the virtual reality world, the cue indicating that the call is being directed at the virtual object; receiving, in the computing device, an input from one resident located in vicinity of the virtual object in the virtual reality world; and in response the input received from the resident while the cue is being presented, connecting by the computing device, the call directed at the virtual object to the resident for the real time communication session.