| CPC G06F 21/6245 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06T 19/00 (2013.01); H04L 63/0421 (2013.01); H04W 12/02 (2013.01); H04W 12/033 (2021.01); H04W 12/67 (2021.01); G06T 2219/024 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
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1. A method comprising:
hosting a shared virtual world in which a plurality of users, including a first user, are able to interact;
while the first user is interacting in the shared virtual world, receiving an instruction from the first user to generate a private copy of a portion of the shared virtual world; and
in response to the instruction, hosting the private copy of the portion of the shared virtual world, wherein only the first user is able to interact in the private copy of the portion of the shared virtual world, wherein the first user alters an object or environment in the private copy;
based at least in part on whether the altered object or environment was altered by another user while the first user was in the private copy, determining whether to apply the alteration to the shared virtual world; and
in response to the first user returning to the shared virtual world, applying the alteration to the shared virtual world according to the determination.
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