Software Technology for Method and system to manage merged reality live events

THE CALANY Holding S. R.L. (Luxembourg, LU)

An accurate and flexible merged reality system and method that can be configured to allow remotely viewing and participating in real or virtual events. With the merged reality system, at the very least a portion of the real or virtual world can be streamed or replicated into the corresponding sub-universes that are part of the virtual world system, wherein some of the sub-universes are home to events that guests can view and interact with from one or more associated guest physical locations. The virtual world system can contain other virtual elements, such as pure virtual objects as well as graphical representations of games or applications. The virtual objects comprise logic, virtual data and models that give self-compute capabilities and autonomous behavior. The system allows guests to virtually visit, interact, and conduct transactions by using the virtual world system.

Remote viewing of events has generally involved physically present at the event as part of an audience in the local area, and watching the event through a screen (e.g. or on devices like a personal computer, television or smart phone) recording the event for later consumption through a device, or live-streaming the event.

In the case of live streaming the content is streamed via a server to devices that require it. The nature of media streams is often divided into two parts, which means that interaction with them is limited to viewing.

The creation of virtual worlds is possible due to technological advancements. Virtual worlds are graphical representations of real and imaginary worlds. Users can interact with one another or other elements via avatars or virtual replicas. However, the majority of elements of virtual reality today do not allow any type of autonomous or interactivity, limiting the ability for users to interact with the virtual worlds.

Therefore, advancements in the area of remote viewing and taking part in events using innovative applications and structures of virtual reality are required.

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