US 12,455,715 B2
System and method for virtual and augmented reality employing workgroup pods
Mark Kadonoff, Laurel, MD (US); and Thomas Mercer, Laurel, MD (US)
Assigned to REPROGRAPHIC PRODUCTS GROUP INC., Laurel, MD (US)
Filed by REPROGRAPHIC PRODUCTS GROUP INC., Arlington, VA (US)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/388,978.
Application 18/388,978 is a continuation of application No. 17/774,597, granted, now 11,816,386, previously published as PCT/US2020/059233, filed on Nov. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/932,120, filed on Nov. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2025/0110683 A1, Apr. 3, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); H04L 67/131 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/1454 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1446 (2013.01); H04L 67/131 (2022.05)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A virtual and augmented reality system employing workgroup pods, the system comprising:
a plurality of work pods configured as three-dimensional closed polygon physical structures having n sides including respective walls;
each of the plurality of work pods including on at least one of the walls, an inside computer display on an inside of the wall, and an outside computer display on an outside of the wall;
wherein the computer displays are linked to each other via a communications network for enabling augmented and/or virtual reality content to be displayed thereon;
the inside display is configured as a private work stage for private augmented and/or virtual reality content to be displayed thereon,
the outside display is configured a public private work stage for shared augmented and/or virtual reality content to be displayed thereon,
one of the work pods is configured as a workgroup pod for receiving and merging shared augmented and/or virtual reality content from the other work pods on a private stage thereof, and for sharing and displaying the merged augmented and/or virtual reality content on a public stage thereof, and
the plurality work pods are configured as an array of interconnected units, either as physically linked structures or as virtually distributed environments connected via a communication network, enabling seamless collaboration across multiple locations.