US 12,327,317 B2
Technology configured to facilitate client device engagement with three-dimensional architectural models
Michael Shaw, Roseville (AU)
Assigned to Envision VR Pty Ltd, Roseville (AU)
Filed by Envision VR Pty Ltd, Roseville (AU)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/936,985.
Claims priority of application No. 2021240311 (AU), filed on Oct. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0104636 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06F 3/04815 (2022.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC G06T 19/003 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 2219/024 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system configured to enable client device engagement with three-dimensional content thereby to enable virtual property inspections, the system including:
a server system configured to receive and process requests from a plurality of client devices, wherein the requests include:
(i) a request to access a specified three-dimensional model, in which case the server system is configured to enable downloading to the relevant client device of computer executable code representative of the model, such that the model is renderable at the client device;
(ii) a request to operate as a guide device, in which case the server system is configured to enable hosting by the client device of a collaborative viewing event; and
(iii) a request to operate as a participant device, in which case the server system is configured to enable participation by the client device of the collaborative viewing event;
wherein the server system includes an engagement management module configured to facilitate concurrent multi-device engagement with a common three-dimensional model during a collaborative viewing event, wherein the engagement management module enables at least two modes of engagement, including:
(i) a first mode of engagement, wherein each participant device selecting the first mode of engagement is enabled to control navigation in a three-dimensional environment rendered from downloaded data representative of the common three-dimensional model; and
(ii) a second mode of engagement, wherein each participant device selecting the second mode of engagement is enabled to experience the three-dimensional environment rendered from downloaded data representative of the common three-dimensional model based on continuous real-time navigation instructions inputted by the guide device hosting the collaborative viewing event such that each participant device selecting the second mode of engagement is, at all times when the second mode is selected, provided with an identical view of the three-dimensional environment to that experienced by a user of the guide device.