KR100925512B1 - Travelable space management method for virtual reality service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile space management method for a virtual reality service to visually grasp connection relations with discontinuous spaces by providing a plurality of connected spaces arranged in accordance with various criteria in an online virtual reality community service. By classifying the spatial information collected according to the use of the virtual reality service according to a user-specified standard and expressing it in three dimensions on a three-dimensional space, a visually and clearly grasp logical connection relationship with discontinuous spaces is provided. There is an effect that can easily select the desired space or spaces.

Virtual reality, avatar, community, space, spatial information, sort

Description

TRAVELABLE SPACE MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR VIRTUAL REALITY SERVICE}

The present invention relates to a mobile space management method for a virtual reality service, and in particular, by providing a plurality of connection spaces arranged in accordance with various criteria in the online virtual reality community service can visually grasp the connection relationship with discontinuous spaces The present invention relates to a mobile space management method for a virtual reality service.

Various 3D online games have been generalized due to the rapid development of computer computing functions and graphic processing capabilities and the popularization of high speed internet lines. Unlike games that have to achieve a specific purpose, 3D realization of real life space and virtual reality experience through them A new concept of "experienced virtual reality" service is also being commercialized and expanding.

The experiential virtual reality service is designed to maintain the physical laws in order to be similar to the real reality, and to maintain most of the real life patterns, and to provide services that are as if they are in the new world, meetings, auditions, parties, etc. There are ways to provide services that emphasize specific functions, and ways to provide services that add virtual reality functions to community functions.

However, a service that is too real may not be easy to use the service if the user does not have a deep understanding of the world implemented in the service, and the purpose may be ambiguous. In addition, there are limitations similar to real life patterns, so that the complexity of real life is reflected intact. On the other hand, the virtual reality service for a specific purpose is emphasized a function for performing the purpose, so that a large amount of time must be invested to effectively use the function, and the distribution of users is also limited because most provide a commercial service.

Therefore, the virtual reality community service that introduces the virtual reality function to the existing community functions such as the homepage or the blog is expected as a killer application of the experience-type virtual reality service, through which the reality and information sharing of the community service through the virtual reality interface are shared. All the features are available. In other words, you can travel in a three-dimensional space like a virtual reality service, and you can easily check the information about the user of the space and share various information posted by the user. Available services are available. In addition, their own space is given, so that the pleasure of decorating the space and open to visitors.

1 illustrates an example of a conventional virtual reality community service, and as illustrated, each user may arrange his or her own space (house) in a three-dimensional space. If you find a user space you like while traveling through the map where the user's space is located by applying the navigation method that moves while looking down the map from a distance, the user space is selected and related user information is selected. You can check it. Meanwhile, the address of the selected user may be registered in the 'friend' item.

2 shows an example of a screen that is presented when a specific user space is selected through the interface as shown in FIG. Is provided. If such content is checked and the user content is satisfied, the user can be registered as a 'friend' item that frequently searches for the user's content.

In other words, the expression of the user relationship in the conventional virtual reality community service is only the existing general location / contact editing such as internet bookmark editing, blog neighborhood editing, navigation point editing, and contact editing. In other words, it is provided by a simple 'category categorization' and 'storing related connection information'.

However, as the virtual reality community is expected to be generalized, the necessity of effectively managing various spaces is increasing due to the explosion of individual user spaces and the increase of various sponsors or shopping spaces. However, since the virtual reality space is essentially a discontinuous space, only logical connections exist and it is difficult to clearly understand the connections.

An object of the present invention, which is newly proposed to effectively manage discontinuous spaces as described above, is to classify spatial information collected according to the use of a virtual reality service according to a user-specified criterion to three-dimensionally present it in three-dimensional space. In addition, the present invention provides a mobile space management method for a virtual reality service that makes it possible to clearly identify a logical connection relationship with discrete spaces and to easily select a desired space or spaces.

Another object of the embodiments of the present invention is to identify or select a desired space state by providing a visual representation of a physical connection shape for various search purposes based on a service usage environment or criteria for a discontinuous space in a virtual reality community service. It is to provide a mobile space management method for a virtual reality service to facilitate selection as a mobile destination.

Another object of the embodiments of the present invention is to visually provide various spatial information collected through the use of the virtual reality community service according to various criteria such as the number of visits, the number of movements, intimacy, the number of recent visits or movements, interests, etc. It is to provide a mobile space management method for the virtual reality service to grasp the closeness of the spaces according to each criterion at a glance so that the virtual reality community service can be planned.

Another object of the embodiments of the present invention is to classify discontinuous spaces according to a predetermined criterion to three-dimensionally present them on the space so that the spatial information can be edited while visually confirming the arrangement of logical spaces, thereby facilitating related spaces. It is to provide a mobile space management method for a virtual reality service that can be managed easily.

Another object of the embodiments of the present invention is to visually represent discontinuous spaces based on a criterion, and to select a plurality of spaces of space users who want to visit among them to provide a visit request including their own space information. It is to provide a mobile space management method for a virtual reality service that allows the mobile gate of the space receiving a visit request to automatically designate its own space as a destination, so that a plurality of visitors can be easily and quickly invited to their space.

In order to achieve the above object, a mobile space management method for a virtual reality service according to an embodiment of the present invention as a mobile space management method for a virtual reality service to move a user avatar to a corresponding space by specifying a different space A criterion selection step of selecting an alignment criterion for a space to which the user avatar is to move; A classification step of determining a representation rank for displaying a space to move based on the selected criterion; And a spatial alignment step of arranging and representing representative representations of the space to be moved according to the representation rank on a three-dimensional space, and checking the aligned movement representative representation through a three-dimensional stereoscopic adjustment method. The method may further include a space selection step of selecting a representative representation of.

The space selecting step may further include designating a space corresponding to the selected representative representation as a space to move digital content for moving the user avatar.

The space selecting step may include at least one of information on a space user corresponding to the representative representation, a relationship with the space user, a history of the space, online information of the space user, and a current state of the space when the representative representation is selected. Information including one may be provided.

The criteria selection step may include selecting at least one of a recent moving space, a number of movements, an intimacy, a recent visitor space, a recent visit number, a custom keyword, a joined meeting, and an interest, or a space search step. It may include.

The criterion selection step may include selecting at least one of a random space, a high visitor ranking space, and a service recommendation space.

The space selection step may further include collectively providing a visit request or a message to a space corresponding to the selected one or more representative representations.

The space selection step may include transmitting visit request information including information about a space and a visit time to a space corresponding to the selected one or more representative representations; A space for moving the digital content for moving the user avatar disposed in the reception space at the time included in the visit request information according to the user's permission of the received space for receiving the visit request information. It may further include setting to.

In addition, the mobile space management method for a virtual reality service according to another embodiment of the present invention is a mobile space management method for a virtual reality service for moving the avatar to a different space through the movement gate provided in the space allocated to the user, A collecting step of collecting spatial information about another space in a service use process; A representation step of dividing the collected spatial information into a plurality of regions based on a criterion specified by a user and aligning them three-dimensionally in a three-dimensional space; A selection step of editing or selecting spatial information arranged according to a three-dimensional movement method; And using the spatial information to set the selected spatial information as a designated space of the moving gate or deliver a message including its own spatial information to the selected space.

The step of using spatial information includes providing visit request information to the selected one or more spaces as a message including the own spatial information; The mobile gate of the space that has received the information sets the space information included in the visit request information to a designated space and requests a collective visit.

The step of using spatial information includes providing visit request information including the own spatial information and time information to the selected one or more spaces and their users; If the space user who received the visit request information responds to the visit request, the movement gate may designate the corresponding space at the time included in the information.

In the mobile space management method for the virtual reality service according to the embodiment of the present invention, the spatial information collected according to the use of the virtual reality service is classified according to a user-specified criterion and expressed in three dimensions on a three-dimensional space. It is effective to grasp the logical connection relationship with each other visually and to select the desired space or spaces easily.

Mobile space management method for a virtual reality service according to an embodiment of the present invention by providing a visual representation of the physical connection shape according to the various search purposes based on their service usage environment or criteria in the space discontinuous in the virtual reality community service, By checking or selecting the desired state of the space, it is possible to easily set the moving destination.

Moving space management method for a virtual reality service according to an embodiment of the present invention various criteria such as the number of visits, the number of movements, intimacy, recent visits or movements, interests, etc. By classifying according to and providing visually, it is possible to grasp the closeness of the spaces according to each criterion at a glance and utilize the virtual reality community service.

The mobile space management method for a virtual reality service according to an embodiment of the present invention classifies discontinuous spaces according to a predetermined criterion to three-dimensionally represent the spaces and edits spatial information while visually confirming a logical space arrangement. It can be effective.

In the mobile space management method for a virtual reality service according to an embodiment of the present invention, the discrete spaces are classified according to a criterion and visually represented, and a plurality of spaces of space users who want to visit are selected from among them to display their own space information. By providing a request for a visit to include and having the movement gate of the space requested for the visit automatically designate its own space as a destination, it is possible to easily and quickly invite a plurality of visitors to its own space.

The present invention as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

The virtual reality community service, which introduces the spaces it decorates through visits from users of the virtual reality service, performs chatting or various haptic activities using avatars in the space, various user spaces with free editing of the space or free expression of avatars. And a function of easily moving a user to a service providing space or an enterprise (sponsor) space for advertisement. In particular, in order to increase the immersion feeling of the virtual reality, it is possible to easily move the desired space while maintaining the avatar state so that the reality can be maintained and the inconvenience caused by the physical movement can be reduced.

For the movement of the space, each space may be provided with digital content expressing a means for movement in accordance with virtual reality. Here, 'gate' is used as an example of such digital content. The form of such specific digital content may be changed in various ways. Such a gate may be arranged in a space so that a user avatar may move to another space through the gate, a user of another space may visit the gate, and information about a target space to move to the gate to move to a desired space That is, a process of setting a space to move by applying spatial information may be added.

Information about such spaces may be collected at any time in the course of using the service by the user, and as the virtual reality community service is activated, it is obvious that spatial information to be managed for movement will increase rapidly. Therefore, with the introduction of the virtual reality community service, each space with which they have a relationship, each space they want to move, their own collected spaces, user spaces belonging to their own meetings, various corporate spaces In the case of managing various spaces such as spaces for shopping or cultural life, it is difficult to find the necessary space information and it takes too much time to select the space information to move to the desired space.

Therefore, embodiments of the present invention propose a method of maximizing the utilization of virtual reality community service by effectively managing a large number of discontinuous spatial information accumulated and formed.

3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a concept of moving space of a virtual reality community service. As shown in FIG. 3, when a user subscribes to a service, a personal space is provided, and the personal space may be variously configured according to a user's taste. First, the space 10 of the first user is configured with a digital representation of a gate representation 11 (hereinafter referred to as a moving gate) 11 for moving to another space and allowing a visitor to visit the space. 20 also has a moving gate 21 having the same function. The first user avatar 12 directly moves to the moving gate 21 to set spatial information on a space to be moved, and sets the destination of the moving gate 11 to the second user space 20. It moves to the second user space 20 through the movement gate 11. At this time, the first user avatar 12 appears through the moving gate 21 of the second user space 20. Through this movement, the first user avatar 12 may meet the second user avatar 22 of the second user space 20 in the virtual reality service.

Here, each of the spaces is a discontinuous space that is not physically connected, and is a space that is logically connected only according to a gate setting.

The users can collect and store information about the spaces they visited, and the spatial information can be obtained through various methods such as direct visits, receiving messages including spatial information, and searching for spatial information. The spatial information is increased. On the other hand, even if the user does not collect the specific spatial information manually, information about each space that is related to the use of the service through visitor, random movement, or spatial movement through search can be collected. It is clear that the spatial information of the enemy will gradually increase.

4 is an example of a method of arranging spatial information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, when a user sets a specific criterion and classifies and sorts spatial information owned or acquired, three-dimensionally in three-dimensional space is illustrated. It shows an example of spatial information provided by.

The criterion specified by the user is a criterion that is designated to receive and provide spatial information suitable for the purpose desired by the user. The number of times of moving or visiting is high, the number of times of recent moving or visiting is high, the spatial information of a user having high intimacy and actual Among the spaces that have been moved recently or most frequently found, spaces with many visits and movements, spaces with high accuracy for user-specified keywords, spaces with high matching among user searches, Among the spaces belonging to a meeting, the criteria may vary greatly, such as a space of a user who has a high participation in the meeting, a space having similar interests, and the like. In addition, these criteria may encompass the manner in which the user manually sorts the categories. In addition, it is possible to set a criterion for selecting spaces provided by the service, such as selecting a random space, selecting a space having a high visitor ranking provided by the service, or selecting a space recommended by the service. On the other hand, the results can be limited to a specific restriction in addition to the selected criteria, for example, it is possible to selectively provide only the space that the user is currently connected from the obtained results.

As a result obtained by selecting one of the various criteria as described above, a plurality of spaces 111 to 116 located at a first distance with respect to their own space 100 and a second distance An alignment result in which a plurality of spaces 121 to 126 and a plurality of spaces 130 positioned at a third distance are arranged may be obtained. In these spaces, perspective is expressed according to each distance, so the closeness can be visually confirmed. That is, the spaces 111 to 116 located at the first distance (or can be represented by a level) among the spaces classified according to the currently selected criterion through the illustrated representation are closely related to their own space 100 according to the selected criterion. It can be intuitively known that there is a relationship, and information about the spaces can be easily identified through representative expressions such as an image of the space, space user information (identifier), and avatar information. In particular, the alignment expressions shown are able to rotate and perspective in a general-purpose interface for observing objects in three-dimensional space, so that they can look closer to desired spaces and grasp the composition of the entire spaces at a glance.

On the other hand, by further expanding the illustrated manner, the spatial information may be arranged in a circular or elliptical shape around the inner space, or may be arranged in a radial sphere shape.

FIG. 5 illustrates a criterion for classifying spatial information. When classifying various spaces according to a criterion set by a user, a method of simply setting priorities of the spaces according to priorities is possible, but the three-dimensional configuration is easier. Spatial information can be sorted on the basis of specific zones for batch checking and selection. As shown, when the space information is classified by dividing the area into the first area, the second area, and the third area, the spaces belonging to the first area can be easily identified as spaces having high priority according to the criteria, and visual confirmation If necessary, the representative representation of the first region is provided first, and then, when the user desires, the representative representation of the subordinated spatial information is provided in order of the second region or the third region, so that the spatial information can be easily identified. In addition, the processing speed can be increased.

6 to 8 illustrate another embodiment of an expression method, and as shown, FIG. 6 does not express the center of its own space, but provides a high priority space as a folding screen based on its viewpoint. The spatial information is arranged into spaces 210 of a first distance, spaces 220 of a second distance and spaces 230 of a third distance that are covered by the spaces 210 of the first distance. One case. In this case, information about the spaces 210 of the first distance can be easily checked, and when the information about the spaces 220 of the second distance is desired, the display of the first distance spaces 210 is temporarily removed. can do.

FIG. 7 illustrates a case in which an avatar 310 of a spatial user corresponding to the spatial information is provided as a representative representation instead of providing an image of the space as a representative representation representing the spatial information, and FIG. 8 is a representation 410 of the avatar. This is a case where the perspective is arranged in a spiral from the high priority to the low priority.

FIG. 7 illustrates an avatar 310 corresponding to the spatial information in a circle based on the avatar 300 of the user, and FIG. 8 illustrates an avatar using a perspective and a spiral image. It is to be identified individually.

4 to 7 illustrate a spatial arrangement in which a representation order of spatial information is determined according to a criterion and then arranged in a three-dimensional three-dimensional structure, wherein the spatially arranged spatial information is selected and checked before each space is completely selected. It has a function to make it possible, and the confirmation of each space can be confirmed both by selection and by providing visible information.

For example, if a user selects (for example, right-clicks) one of the spaces in which the user is placed, the user's information about the space, the space user's access information, the number of visitors currently in the space, A detailed description of the space, such as the number of times, the degree of closeness, the time of recent visit, etc., may be provided, and after confirming this description, the option of setting the space information as the destination of the movement gate to move to the space (e.g., Left mouse button click, double click, etc.).

On the other hand, information that has a close influence on movement such as whether a spatial user corresponding to the spatial information is connected may be provided together with the alignment information by expressing a part of the representative representation visually while expressing the spatial information. . For example, when not connected, various expressions such as lowering the hue or saturation of the representative expression, treating the edges of the representative expression in gray, or changing the color of some regions of the representative expression different from when connected are possible.

In addition, the spatial information may be selected to delete the corresponding spatial information, or edit the spatial information or related information (subjective information such as intimacy and importance) corresponding to the spatial information, or add new spatial information.

8 illustrates an example of utilizing spatial information represented in three dimensions. In addition to selecting only one spatial information and setting the corresponding spatial information as the destination information of the moving gate, FIG. It is also possible to provide to, and if used actively, it is possible to easily handle visit requests and actual visits for multiple users.

For example, a message including its own space information may be provided to a plurality of selected spaces 510, 520, 530, and 540 to publicize its own space information, and its own space information may be included in the visit request message. The transfer gates 511, 521, 531, and 541 of the space in which the corresponding visit request message is received may be automatically set as a destination by transferring the information to a plurality of selected spaces. Through this, a user who has received a visit request can visit the user space 500 (using the mobile gate 501) that requested the visit through the automatically set mobile gates 511, 521, 531, and 541 without selecting a space. do. Therefore, it is possible to quickly gather a plurality of visitors into their space, and visitors do not need a separate gate setting for this, making meeting composition extremely easy.

On the other hand, by including the time information in the visit request information, when the time is reached, the mobile gates 511 to 541 of the receiver spaces 510 to 540 may reserve the space 500 as a destination, such a visit The request-based operation may be performed according to the permission of the space user who received the visit request.

In the above described and illustrated with respect to preferred embodiments according to the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention attached to the claims. .

1 is a map configuration of a conventional virtual reality community service.

2 is a personal space configuration of a conventional virtual reality community service.

3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a space movement concept of a virtual reality community service.

4 is an exemplary view showing a spatial information alignment screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a region classification showing spatial information classification criteria according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

6 to 8 are exemplary views showing a spatial information alignment screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 is an exemplary diagram of a multi-site collective visit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

** Description of symbols for the main parts of the drawing **

100: one's own space 111-116: spatial information of the first street

121 to 126: spatial information of the second distance 130: spatial information of the third distance

210: spatial information of the first distance 220: spatial information of the second distance

230: spatial information of the third street 500: user space

510-540: Visitor Space

Claims (18)

In the mobile space management method for the virtual reality service to move the user avatar to the space by designating a different space, A criterion selection step of selecting an alignment criterion for a space to which the user avatar is to move; A classification step of determining a representation rank for displaying a space to move based on the selected criterion; And a spatial alignment step of arranging and representing representative representations of space to be moved according to the expression rank on a three-dimensional space. The mobile space of claim 1, further comprising a space selection step of selecting the representative representation of the desired moving space by checking the aligned moving space representative representation through a three-dimensional stereoscopic adjustment method. How to manage. 3. The mobile space of claim 2, wherein the space selection step further comprises designating a space corresponding to the selected representative representation as a space to move digital content for moving the user avatar. How to manage. The method of claim 2, wherein the selecting of the space comprises: information on a space user corresponding to the representative representation, a relationship with the space user, a history of the space, online information of the space user, Mobile space management method for a virtual reality service, characterized in that the information is provided comprising at least one of the current state of the space. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting of a criterion includes selecting at least one of a recent moving space, a moving number, an intimacy, a recent visitor space, a recent visit number, a custom keyword, a registered meeting, and an interest. Moving space management method for a virtual reality service, characterized in that. The virtual reality service of claim 1, wherein the selecting of the criterion further comprises a spatial searching step, wherein the classifying step includes a step of setting a rank of a space having a high degree of agreement among the searched spaces. How to manage moving space for you. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting of the criteria comprises selecting at least one of a random space, a high visitor ranking space, and a service recommendation space. The method of claim 1, wherein the classifying step includes classifying spaces into one or more zones according to a predetermined criterion, and the space sorting step includes sorting the divided identical areas at the same level. Moving space management method for a virtual reality service comprising a. The virtual reality service according to claim 1, wherein the spatial alignment step includes arranging representative representations of the space to be moved in a three-dimensional space in the shape of a radial, spiral or folding screen based on its own space. Mobile space management method for business. The mobile space management method of claim 2, wherein the space selection step further includes providing a visit request or a message to a space corresponding to the selected one or more representative representations. The method of claim 2, wherein the space selection step Delivering visit request information including information about its own space to a space corresponding to the selected one or more representative representations; And setting the digital content for moving the user avatar disposed in the received space of the visit request information to the space to be moved using the space information included in the visit request information. Mobile Space Management Method for Virtual Reality Service. The method of claim 2, wherein the space selection step Delivering visit request information including information about a space and a visit time to a space corresponding to the selected one or more representative expressions; A space for moving the digital content for moving the user avatar disposed in the reception space at the time included in the visit request information according to the user's permission of the received space for receiving the visit request information. Moving space management method for a virtual reality service, characterized in that it further comprises the step of setting. A mobile space management method for a virtual reality service for moving an avatar to another designated space through a moving gate provided in a space allocated to a user, A collecting step of collecting spatial information about another space in a service use process; A representation step of dividing the collected spatial information into a plurality of regions based on a criterion specified by a user and aligning them three-dimensionally on a three-dimensional space; A selection step of editing or selecting spatial information arranged according to a three-dimensional movement method; And using the spatial information to set the selected spatial information as a designated space of the moving gate or to transmit a message including its own spatial information to the selected space. 14. The mobile space of claim 13, wherein the presentation step first expresses only a region having a higher priority according to a priority based on the criterion, and a subsequent priority region is represented according to a user selection. How to manage. The mobile space management method of claim 13, wherein the expressing is performed so that spatial information is distributed in a radial, spiral, or folding screen in a three-dimensional space. The method of claim 13, wherein the presenting comprises representing the spatial information as a representative representation including at least one of a spatial image, a counterpart avatar, and a counterpart identifier. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of using spatial information Providing visit request information to the selected one or more spaces as a message containing the own space information; And requesting the collective visit by setting the space information included in the visit request information as a designated space by the moving gate of the space that has received the visit request information. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of using spatial information Providing visit request information including the own space information and time information to the selected one or more spaces and their users; And a mobile gate designating a corresponding space at a time included in the information when the space user who has received the visit request information responds to the visit request.

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