Disney has taken one step closer to creating a virtual metaverse at Disneyland that would allow the entertainment giant to simulate a digital world with animated characters in a real-world theme park attraction. The Walt Disney Company was granted a patent on Dec. 28 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a Virtual World Simulator that enables multiple users to experience a 3D virtual world from multiple vantage points without any glasses, goggles or digital devices. Disney’s patent takes digital simulation one step beyond VR and AR with the newly dubbed virtual world.
Disney’s Virtual World Simulator
creates a realistic and highly immersive 3D virtual experience without
requiring the user to wear an AR headset or use an AR-enabled smartphone,
according to the patent. Disney’s
patented Virtual World Simulator would create 3D imagery using multiple
projectors capable of generating a high rate of images per second. The Virtual World Simulator would use a
SLAM technique to continuously track the ever-changing point of view of a
visitor moving through a real-world venue like a theme park attraction.
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