System and method of virtual interaction

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9122391
APP PUB NO 20110298824A1
SERIAL NO

12979636

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A system for virtual interaction, comprising two or more portable electronic devices, is provided. Each device comprises, in turn, coordinate referencing means operable to define a coordinate system common to the portable electronic devices with respect to a physically defined reference position, position estimation means operable to detect a the physical position of its respective portable electronic device with respect to the reference position, virtual environment generation means operable to generate a virtual environment, and communication means operable to transmit positional data using the common coordinate system from that portable electronic device to another portable electronic device. The virtual environment is shared in common between the portable electronic devices. The virtual environment uses the common co-ordinate system within which each portable electronic device defines a position for itself responsive to its physical position with respect to the reference position.

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SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE LIMITEDLONDON

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Coates, Sam London, GB 2 75
Grenfell, Paul Kevan London, GB 1 56
Lee, Richard London, GB 139 1964

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