Patent ID: 8266536

Claim:
A computer-controlled method for automatically interfacing a first physical environment and a second physical environment to a virtual world model, said virtual world model including a first avatar representing a first avatar controller in said first physical environment, a second avatar representing a second avatar controller in said second physical environment, and a third avatar representing a third avatar controller in the first physical environment, said first physical environment including a gaze-tracker and a first viewport, said second physical environment including a second viewport, said first avatar and said second avatar including a first avatar eye and a second avatar eye respectively, said method comprising: detecting, within said first physical environment, a gaze from said first avatar controller to a gaze target, wherein the gaze target is the third avatar controller in the first physical environment; determining that the third avatar is associated with said gaze target in the first physical environment; and automatically emitting a focus-on piloting command to said virtual world model, said focus-on piloting command configured to aim said first avatar eye to said third avatar in said virtual world model responsive to determining.