JPH09146743A - Network system for virtual experience environment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a virtual amusement park where scattered persons in the distance can join. SOLUTION: The virtual experience amusement park for network application which enables >=2 persons to positively join on screens over a conversation and enjoy at amusement facilities, geographical features, sports facilities, etc., in the amusement park and converse with each other is disclosed. The participants in this virtual experience amusement park meet one another through terminal devices 40-44 at nodes on a network 52 and are provided with auditory and visual feedback corresponding to the actual conversation among the participants on the respective terminals, and the movements of the bodies of characters representing the participants are controlled by the respective participants through the respective terminal devices. Consequently, the people who are scattered in the distance talk with one another on the screens to cultivate their mutual friendship, play games, enjoy walks, observe amusements themselves, and join in educational activities.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a virtual experience amusement park, and in particular, participants can interact with each other and interact with entertainment facilities, attractions, sports facilities, and the environment. It relates to a virtual experience environment network system that can be used.

[0002]

PRIOR ART US Pat. No. 5,34, issued to Tohei Nitta on September 13, 1994.
Participate in the meeting through the person displayed on the screen in a conference room environment, such as a room with a conference table and chairs, as described in No. 7,306, which is incorporated herein by reference. There is an electronic conference hall where people can interact with each other. This electronic conference room patent explains that there will be a person on the screen corresponding to the conference participants with a voice link so that all the participants can talk to each other. But it doesn't have any of the other attractions like an amusement park. Such attractions include sports facilities, museums, various rides and exhibits for children,
And other amusement park-related activities that draw people to the amusement park for the purpose of companionship, education, and interactive participation.

In a real environment, an amusement park is a place where friends, family,
And provide a meeting place for groups of others. The ability to attract people to an amusement park is due to the overall appeal of the facilities provided for them. Negative factors to attracting people to an amusement park are the cost of time, transportation and distance that a person spends to get to the amusement park. Thus, from a real-life perspective, one would not go to an amusement park if the cost of bringing a group of people together outweighs the appeal of entertainment facilities, restaurants, walkways or sports facilities. Therefore, it would be desirable to provide a virtual amusement park for people far away from the real amusement park to enjoy entertainment, companionship and education together.

[0004]

Therefore, it is possible for people in distant places to interact with each other on the screen to interact with each other, play games, enjoy walks, watch entertainments, and participate in educational activities. It is desirable to provide a virtual amusement park that can.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION To carry out a gathering of people who want to get together, the present invention utilizes attractions such as entertainment facilities, restaurants, sports facilities, walkways and other park facilities. An amusement park environment that can be provided is provided as a virtual experience scene to each terminal device of the people. A support base is provided to support not only the function of controlling characters in the virtual scene but also voice dialogue. As a result, the characters on the screen can interact both visually and verbally, and can take advantage of the amusement park online.

The concept of a virtual amusement park is embodied by downloading a virtual environment and a character, that is, a person, to each of the terminal devices of participants or visitors to the amusement park. Access to this download is not restricted or pre-adjusted in one embodiment, but rather simply a pre-selected virtual amusement park environment and a library where each person can choose their own character. You can access it through the network simply by calling.

Amusement park attractions include recreational facilities such as those available at Disneyland, restaurant environments, or runways, stadiums, or sites specially arranged to facilitate a match between two or more participants. Is a sports facility.

The present invention, in one aspect, provides an online virtual amusement park which is depicted as at least two people at different nodes of a network roaming the amusement park and interacting with various attractions, or activities involving interactions. Provided by. The attractions that you encounter, while interacting with what those attractions offer, while at the same time participants interact with words and appropriate actions of their corresponding characters to create the ability to strengthen friendships, for example with children. To interact. Attraction is, in one example, more than just an electronic conference hall where participants interact not only with each other but also with the attractions, not just with humans but with humans and entertainment facilities, educational exhibits, sporting events. It is pre-programmed to provide such things as dialogue with.

As a result, the virtual amusement park of the present invention is
Includes land, amusement park environments with attractions, exhibits, museums, sports facilities and promenades, and means for both human interaction and human interaction.

[0010] In summary, for a network application in which two or more applicants can actively participate on the screen and have conversations with each other and interact with amusement park entertainment facilities, land, sports facilities, etc. A virtual experience amusement park will be provided. In one embodiment, participants in the virtual experience amusement park can meet through their respective terminals at the nodes on the network, with each providing audio and visual feedback corresponding to the actual conversation between the participants. The physical movement of each of the characters supplied to the terminal device and representing the participant is controlled from that terminal device by each participant.

These and other features of the present invention will be better understood upon consideration of the detailed description below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Embodiment 1 FIG. Referring to FIG. 1, a scene 10 of a virtual amusement park displayed on a computer terminal monitor connected to a network shows a land such as a mountain 14, a path 16,
Includes a description 12 of the amusement park environment, including ponds 18, trees 20, and other natural or artificial objects suitable for creating an amusement park environment.

This scene 10 also depicts attractions such as roller coasters 22, indoor racetracks 24, nature trails 26 and theaters 28, which attract virtual participants 30, 32, 34 to the amusement park. It constitutes an attractive attraction. As depicted in FIG. 1, virtual participants 30, 32 and 34 are real participants 30 ′ depicted at their respective terminals 40, 42 and 44, as shown in FIG. It is depicted as a character moving around in an amusement park under the control of 32 'and 34'. Each of the terminal devices 40, 42 and 44 has a computer and a monitor 48, and a part of the virtual amusement park of FIG. 1 is displayed on its screen.

Each terminal device 40, 42 and 44 forming a node of the network 52 is provided with a camera 54 used to detect the movement of a real participant so that the participant can control the movement of his virtual character. It is provided.
The microphone 56 used by each real participant to communicate with other real participants is also a terminal device 40, 42 and 4 respectively.
No. 4 is provided so that participants can enjoy the virtual amusement park just like a real amusement park where participants can talk and interact with both the amusement park environment and the attractions of the amusement park. It has become. Network 52
Each of the above terminal devices 40, 42 and 44 has a persona control unit 50, which allows the actual participants 30 ', 3
2'and 34 'can control their character, including the movement of the character, the characters represented by the character, and the perspective of the virtual scene displayed on their respective computer monitors.

Of course, each terminal device 40, 4 of the network
2 and 44, or nodes, are connected by an ordinary network bus 58 to interconnect terminal devices located at different locations and real participants located at different locations.

Referring now to FIG. 3, the nodes on the network including the terminal equipment are shown and the monitor 48
Depicts a portion of the virtual amusement park scene 10 which in this case includes a path 16, participants 30, 32 and 34 as characters in the virtual experience scene, and an attraction (in this case a roller coaster 22). .

As can be seen from the invention described above, each terminal device has a camera module for detecting the position of the character, a persona to be selected by the character on the screen, a viewpoint of the character and a microphone, and each participant Allows you to specify how the character will be drawn to other participants as they enter the virtual amusement park.

The character operating board 60 includes a position selecting means 62 for the user to select a position, a persona selecting means 64, and a viewpoint control section 66, all of which are as shown in the figure. Is bound to.

The virtual experience amusement park is three-dimensional, in which each participant is depicted as his own cartoon, doll, or other representation controlled by the persona controller 50.
Also, a joystick-shaped three-dimensional viewpoint control unit 69 is provided, and by utilizing this, the scene can be enlarged or reduced, or the scene can be viewed from another surface or angle.

The information transmitted to and received from each terminal device is coupled to a network bus 58 that transmits both digital and analog information, and each terminal device transmits and receives control and command signals for both audio and video. The audio information and the video information are audio channel 71 and moving image video channel 7.
It is supplied via 3.

The persona controller 50 of each terminal device has audio and video video control command signal outputs, which in one embodiment are applied to the video demodulation display driver 75, the purpose of which is to: Modulating an animation command (signal) and driving an animation model in response to a subset of signals corresponding to the command or animation video to be displayed. This is accomplished by a bus carrying video video control commands applied to both the video demodulation display driver 75 and the video video transmission unit, which is coupled to the network and constitutes the video video channel described above. . At the same time, the audio channel comprises an audio bus, which comprises digital audio or analog audio, but also applies to audio transmission units which are also coupled to the audio channel bus of the network. The audio transmission unit is coupled via this bus to the video demodulation display driver 75, which not only drives the video components of the virtual amusement park, but also the audio components as described below. The moving image demodulation display driving unit 75 is coupled to the terminal device via a general-purpose audio / video bus.

As shown, the persona controller 50 has three
It includes a switch detector 70 and a gesture recognizer 72 coupled to a mood controller 74 that controls a three-dimensional animation model 76. Images and graphics are pre-stored to form a database 78 that is coupled to the 3D animation model 76 via a bus 80. The database 78 is the on-site storage of the character to be drawn on the screen.
I will provide a.

The animated model is driven not only by the mood control unit 74, but also from the participant's position and viewpoint by selection. There can be a sensor that senses who is talking. This is achieved by supplying the sensed position and viewpoint information to the position changing unit 82 and the viewpoint changing unit 84, and these units (each unit) can determine the position or viewpoint of the user with respect to other users. The mood controller 74 to change according to what you want to draw
Is combined with If there is no change in the position or viewpoint that the user wants to convey, the position changing unit 82 and the viewpoint changing unit 84 supply only the bypass function.

To provide information as to whether a particular user is speaking or not, the modulation detector in the speech sensor 86 is conventionally used, or the gesture recognizer 72 is used through the path drawn by the broken line. In this gesture recognition unit 72, the camera 54 can be used in combination with the gesture recognition system that recognizes the movement of the lips. this is,
This is especially useful when the user isn't actually talking, but when the user is supposed to be talking because of extraneous noise in the scene.

As described in US Pat. No. 5,347,306, there are many hand gesture recognition methods and other types of recognition methods that use a camera to provide input to each terminal device.

As shown in FIG. 3, the moving picture demodulation display drive section 7 is provided.
5 includes the same pre-stored animated graphics database, i.e. modified graphics database 78, as described above. This pre-stored graphics database 78 is used by the same 3D animation model 76 depicted on the left. Also, this animation model can be configured differently. Here, the pre-stored graphics database 78 is coupled to the motion picture module by bus 80 or other bus. The output of the 3D moving image model 76 is supplied to the terminal device via the bus 94, and the voice localization unit 88 detects whether or not the localized voice information is available from the terminal device on the sender side. Upon detecting localized audio information, the audio localization unit 88 stereoscopically moves the sound around the scene so that the speakers 90 and 92 convey the localized audio. Localized speech can be associated with the speaking participant and its location so that the speech appears to be heard by the corresponding character in the scene. It is also possible to localize the voice by the animated position on the screen rather than the speaker's position.
Localization can be done without necessarily sensing the sound source.

As shown, the control of both audio and video from a distant source, ie the command signal drives the video demodulation display, so that distant participants are properly placed in the scene. It is supplied to the part 75. A three-dimensional viewpoint control unit 69 is coupled to the moving image demodulation display driving unit 75 so that a person at the terminal device can move around in the three-dimensional image using a joystick.

The present invention is directed to US Pat. No. 5,34, in that it provides an amusement park environment 100 and one or more attractions 102, the output of which is provided to a three-dimensional animated model 76.
It differs from the invention of No. 7,306. This was done so that the amusement park participants could have a conversation with each other while interacting with both the amusement park environment and the attractions it provides. This allows distant participants to visit the amusement park and interact with each other while interacting in a virtual amusement park environment.

Such a situation is depicted in FIG. 4, where a portion of the roller coaster 22 is mounted on the vehicle 104, 106.
And with virtual participants 30, 32 and 34 in 108. As can be seen in FIG. 5, the real participant 34 'has both arms 110' extended up. In the virtual experience scene, the participant's own character imitates the action of the left and right arms 110 as shown. His point of view displayed on his (real participant 34 ') monitor 46 indicates that virtual participant 32 is seeing himself represented in the virtual experience scene. In this situation, it is understood that the virtual participant 32 speaks to the virtual participant 34 while the virtual participants 32, 34 react to the movement of the roller coaster 22 descending on the track. This way they can together react to the attraction. The line of sight of the real participant 30 'is down the track as depicted at 112, while the real participant 32' is looking back and his character's line of sight is at the virtual participant 34. Facing back as depicted by.

Here, referring to FIG. 6, one of the attractions of the virtual experience amusement park is a bicycle racetrack in the indoor racetrack 24. This bicycle racetrack has 12 oval tracks
0, virtual rider (virtual bicycle participant) 142, 14
4 and 150 are running around the elliptical track 120 on virtual bicycles 122, 124 and 126.
Is in the center, and virtual participants 130 and 1 in the grandstand 134
32 see all activities.

As can be seen from FIG. 6, virtual participant 130
7 is directed toward the truck 120, and FIG.
As shown in, a part 135 of the virtual experience scene he is seeing is on his monitor (computer screen) 1.
36.

Virtual participant 132 is looking at virtual participant 130. This is the result of the real participant 132 'moving his head towards the real participant 130'. What the real participant 132 'sees is depicted by a portion 138 of a virtual experience scene provided by his monitor 140.

Of course, the actual bicycle race participant (rider) 14
2'and 144 'are your virtual bicycles 122 and 124
And their monitors 146 and 148 display what the rider would see. In this case, the real rider 142 'is looking at the virtual rider 144 in the portion displayed on his monitor in the virtual experience scene, and the virtual rider 144 is in front of himself. I draw another rider 150 for myself. It is important to note that participants can not only participate in sports games, which is one of the attractions of the amusement park, but can also talk to each other while participating in or watching the games.

Referring now to FIG. 8, participant 160
1 and 162 wish to go to the art exhibit of the theater 28 of FIG. 1, they can interact with each other while looking at the attraction (in this case picture 164).

Here, referring to FIG. 9, the virtual experience attraction of the amusement park is actually a scene in the amusement park,
That is, if it is the sunset (sunset) depicted here at 170, the participants 172 and 174 will be together in a virtual amusement park and have a conversation while reacting to the setting sun. be able to. Thus, by laying in a virtual amusement park that offers the same attractions, one can recall the time at a real amusement park that he may have visited.

What has been described above is a network-based virtual experience amusement park. In this amusement park, participants can go to the amusement park and put themselves in the virtual experience scene. People are in distant places. Being able to talk to each other while watching the attractions in the amusement park offers the unique possibility of attending companionship, education and sports if the participants so desire.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been described above, those skilled in the art will appreciate that changes and substitutions can be made within the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention is to be defined only by the claims.

That is, according to the first embodiment, two or more people can actively participate in the screen while enjoying dialogues, enjoying the amusement park's entertainment facilities, terrain, sports facilities, and the like. A virtual experience amusement park for possible network applications is disclosed. Participants in this virtual experience amusement park can meet through the terminal devices 40 to 44 in the nodes on the network 52, and each terminal device provides auditory and visual feedback corresponding to the actual conversation between the participants. The physical movement of each character representing the participant is controlled by each participant from its respective terminal device. Thus, people in distant locations can interact on the screen to interact, play games, enjoy walks, watch entertainment and participate in educational activities.

[0039]

As described above, the virtual experience environment network system according to the present invention includes a plurality of terminal devices that can be operated by the user and that have means for supplying both voice input and commands for a person on the screen. Means for supplying a virtual experience scene and a person on the screen to the terminal device, means for supplying a virtual experience amusement park environment to be accessed by the user, and means for supplying an attraction to the virtual experience amusement park environment , Allowing the user to interact with the virtual experience amusement park environment, the attraction and other users by means of voice communication through control of a person on the screen, thereby actively participating in the attraction And means for enabling interaction between the users, so people in distant locations Chi is working to friendship and dialogue on the screen, and the game, looking forward to the walk, look at the things entertainment, there is an effect that it is possible to participate in educational activities.

Further, as described above, the virtual experience environment network system according to the present invention further includes at least one terminal device provided by a user of the terminal device.
Since a means for enabling the user to specify the viewpoint of the virtual experience scene displayed on the corresponding terminal device, people in distant places interact with each other on the screen to get closer, play a game, It has the effect of enjoying a walk, seeing entertainment and participating in educational activities.

Further, in the virtual experience environment network system according to the present invention, as described above, since the means for supplying the attraction includes the means for supplying an interactive sports game, it is possible for people in places far away. Has the effect of interacting with each other on the screen to promote fellowship and participate in sports games.

Further, in the virtual experience environment network system according to the present invention, as described above, the means for supplying the interactive sports game includes the means for supplying the virtual person on the screen participating in the sports game. As a result, people in distant places can interact on the screen to get to know each other and participate in sports games.

Further, in the virtual experience environment network system according to the present invention, as described above, the means for supplying the interactive sports game includes means for transporting the virtual person in association with each one virtual person. As a result, people in distant places can interact with each other on the screen to get to know each other and participate in sports games.

Further, in the virtual experience environment network system according to the present invention, as described above, the means for supplying the attraction includes the means for supplying the vehicle of the amusement park, so that the people in the places far away from each other can enjoy. Has the effect of interacting with each other on the screen to promote fellowship and participate in a ride at the amusement park.

Further, in the virtual experience environment network system according to the present invention, as described above, the means for supplying the attraction includes the means for supplying the theater type attraction, so that people in distant places are scattered. The effect is that you can interact on the screen and get to know each other, and participate in theater-type attractions.

Further, in the virtual experience environment network system according to the present invention, as described above, the means for supplying the attraction includes the means for supplying the exhibit, so that people in distant places can use the screen. The effect of being able to talk to each other and get to know each other and participate in the exhibit is exhibited.

Further, in the virtual experience environment network system according to the present invention, as described above, since the means for supplying the attraction includes the means for supplying the animated scene, it participates in the animated scene. There is an effect that can be.

Further, as described above, the virtual experience environment network system according to the present invention has an effect that it is possible to participate in a walk because the means for supplying the attraction includes the means for supplying the sidewalk.

Further, as described above, the virtual experience environment network system according to the present invention is a virtual experience environment network system having users in different places, and the virtual experience environment is set in a computer terminal device forming a node of the network. An environment is displayed, means for providing a virtual experience amusement park including virtual participants, virtual environments, virtual attractions, and means for allowing a user to interact with the virtual environment, the virtual attractions and themselves. Being prepared, people in distant places can interact on the screen to interact with each other, play games, enjoy walks, watch entertainment and participate in educational activities.

Further, as described above, the virtual experience environment network system according to the present invention is provided with the means for supplying the virtual experience amusement park, so that people in distant places can interact on the screen and get to know each other. It has the effect of being able to plan, play games, enjoy walks, watch entertainment and participate in educational activities.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a virtual amusement park representing virtual participants, an amusement park environment, and various attractions including a theater, a roller coaster, and an indoor racetrack according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a terminal device connected to each other by a network and installed in different places and a real participant of a virtual amusement park according to the first embodiment of the present invention. , Has its own monitor, which represents a part of the virtual experience amusement park, from the viewpoint controlled by each participant, and each terminal device is capable of verbal communication with each participant.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a terminal device on a network for a virtual amusement park according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, showing generation of a three-dimensional moving image model including both an amusement park environment and attractions. At the same time, the participants are depicted in the virtual amusement park and include a voice communication function with the terminal device to enable communication between the virtual participants in the virtual amusement park.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing one attraction of the virtual amusement park of FIG. 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, in which three virtual participants are riding in different vehicles of a virtual roller coaster. Is shown.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing real participants participating in the attraction (roller coaster) of FIG. 4 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, in which a virtual amusement park on various monitors of virtual participants is displayed. Shown in part, each monitor has the viewpoint specified by the actual participant.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of the attraction of the virtual amusement park of FIG. 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, which depicts a virtual bicycle race, and virtual participants are seats (stands). While watching the virtual bicycle race, another virtual participant participates in the virtual bicycle race.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing real participants participating in a virtual bicycle race or at a grandstand according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and showing a terminal device for each real participant. Real participants can control their point of view and communicate directly with any other participant in this attraction.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing virtual participants visiting a virtual art exhibit of the virtual theater of the virtual amusement park of FIG. 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, in which the virtual participants interact with each other. Show that they can talk together while giving each other.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a coast (land) in the virtual amusement park according to the first embodiment of the present invention, sitting together while watching the virtual sunset (sunset) drawn on the virtual amusement park. A virtual participant is shown, and the virtual participant can react to the attraction, that is, the arrival date and can also have a conversation between the participants.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Virtual amusement park scenes, 12 Amusement park environment description,
14 lands (mountains), 16 paths, 18 ponds, 20 trees, 22 roller coasters, 24 indoor racetracks, 2
6 Nature trails, 28 theaters, 30, 32, 34 Virtual participants, 30 ', 32', 34 'Real participants, 40,
42, 44 terminal device, 46 monitor, 48 monitor, 50 persona control unit, 52 network, 54
Camera, 56 microphone, 58 network bus, 60 character operation board, 62 position selection means,
64 persona selecting means, 66 viewpoint (line of sight) control unit,
693 dimensional viewpoint control unit, 70 switch detector, 71
Audio channel, 72 gesture recognition unit, 73 moving image video channel, 74 mood control unit, 75 moving image demodulation display drive unit, 76 three-dimensional moving image model, 78 database, 80 bus, 82 position changing unit, 84 viewpoint changing unit, 86 speech sensor , 88 voice localization, 90, 9
2 speakers, 94 bass, 100 amusement park environment, 1
02 attraction, 104, 106, 108 vehicle, 110 virtual participant's arm, 110 'real participant's arm, 120 track, 122, 124, 126 virtual bicycle, 128 referee, 130, 132 virtual participant,
130 ', 132' Real participants, 134 auditorium,
136 monitors, 140 monitors, 142, 144
Virtual rider (virtual bicycle participant), 142 ', 144'
Real Bicycle Participants, 146, 148 Monitors, 150
Virtual rider (virtual bicycle participant), 160, 162 virtual participant, 164 pictures, 172, 174 virtual participant.

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Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of terminal devices which can be operated by a user and have means for supplying both voice input and commands for a person on the screen, and a virtual experience scene and a person on the screen are supplied to the terminal device. Means, means for providing a virtual experience amusement park environment for access by the user, means for supplying attractions to the virtual experience amusement park environment, and by voice communication via control of a person on the screen, Means for enabling a user to interact with the virtual experience amusement park environment, the attraction and other users, thereby enabling active participation in and interaction with the user. Virtual experience environment network system characterized by. 2. Further, at least one terminal device,
The virtual experience environment network system according to claim 1, further comprising means for enabling a user of the terminal device to specify a viewpoint of the virtual experience scene displayed on the corresponding terminal device. 3. The means for providing the attraction comprises:
The virtual experience environment network system according to claim 1, further comprising means for supplying an interactive sports game. 4. The virtual experience environment network system according to claim 3, wherein the means for supplying the interactive sports game includes means for supplying a virtual person on the screen participating in the sports game. 5. The virtual experience environment network system of claim 4, wherein the means for providing the interactive sports game includes means for transporting the virtual person in association with each one virtual person. . 6. The means for providing the attraction comprises:
The virtual experience environment network system according to claim 1, further comprising means for supplying amusement park rides. 7. The means for providing the attraction comprises:
The virtual experience environment network system according to claim 1, further comprising means for supplying theater-type attractions. 8. The means for providing the attraction comprises:
2. A means for supplying an exhibit is included.
Virtual experience environment network system described. 9. The means for providing the attraction comprises:
The virtual experience environment network system of claim 1, including means for providing animated scenes. 10. The virtual experience environment network system according to claim 1, wherein the means for supplying the attraction includes a means for supplying a sidewalk. 11. A virtual experience environment network system having users in different locations, wherein the virtual experience environment is displayed on a computer terminal device forming a node of the network, and includes a virtual participant, a virtual environment, and a virtual attraction. A virtual experience environment network system comprising means for supplying a virtual experience amusement park and means for enabling a user to interact with the virtual environment, the virtual attraction and themselves. 12. A virtual experience environment network system comprising means for supplying a virtual experience amusement park.