System and method of enhanced collaboration through teleportation
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a system and method enhanced collaboration through teleportation. In one or more embodiments, there is provided a system for moderating an enhanced collaboration environment for at least a set of participants, comprising a server for facilitating a 2-D federated collaboration environment for the at least one set of participants; a server for facilitating a 3-D virtual collaboration environment for the at least one set of participants; and a gateway server for facilitating teleportation of at least two participants of the at least one set of participants from the 2-D federated collaboration environment to form a teleported collaboration group in the 3-D virtual collaboration environment.
1. A method for moderating the teleportation of a federated collaboration session to a 3-D virtual collaboration session, comprising:
launching teleportation services in a federation server for facilitating a 2-D federated collaboration environment for the at least one set of participants;
instructing the federation server to load gateway instance in a moderator client;
selecting participants and meeting location for teleportation;
notifying the federation server of the selections of participants and meeting location;
instructing the federation server to launch gateway instances to every participant;
scanning the participants for characteristic information;
instructing a 3-D server to start and to load the characteristic information;
instructing the 3-D server to take participants to meeting location and begin the 3-D virtual collaboration session in a 3-D virtual collaboration environment; and
when the 3-D virtual collaboration session terminates, teleporting documents and things from the 3-D server to the federation server for use by the participants in the 2-D federated collaboration environment.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the characteristic information comprises participant information.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising scanning the federation server for collaboration content.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the content comprises textual document files.
5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the content comprises audio data files.
6. A system for moderating an enhanced collaboration environment for at least a set of participants from a group, comprising:
a federation server for facilitating a 2-D federated collaboration environment for the at least one set of participants;
a 3-D server for facilitating a 3-D virtual collaboration environment for the at least one set of participants; and
a gateway server for facilitating teleportation of at least two participants of the at least one set of participants from the 2-D federated collaboration environment to form a teleported collaboration group in the 3-D virtual collaboration environment;
wherein the gateway server comprises a processor, memory and a gateway engine, wherein the gateway engine is adapted to:
launch teleportation services in the federation server;
instruct the federation server to load gateway instance in a moderator client:
select participants and meeting location for teleportation;
notify the federation server of the selections of participants and meeting location;
instruct the federation server to launch gateway instances to every participant;
scan the participants for characteristic information;
instruct the 3-D server to start and to load the characteristic information;
instruct the 3-D server to take participants to meeting location and begin a 3-D virtual collaboration session in the 3-D virtual collaboration environment; and
when the 3-D virtual collaboration session terminates, teleport documents and things from the 3-D server to the federation server for use by the participants in the 2-D federated collaboration environment.
7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising program instructions, wherein the program instructions are computer executable to:
launch teleportation services in a federation server for facilitating a 2-D federated collaboration environment for the at least one set of participants;
instruct the federation server to load gateway instance in a moderator client;
select participants and meeting location for teleportation;
notify the federation server of the selections of participants and meeting location;
instruct the federation server to launch gateway instances to every participant;
scan the participants for characteristic information;
instruct the 3-D server to start and to load characteristic information;
instruct the 3-D server to take participants to meeting location and begin a 3-D virtual collaboration session in a 3-D virtual collaboration environment; and
when the 3-D virtual collaboration session terminates, teleport documents and things from the 3-D server to the federation server for use by the participants in the 2-D federated collaboration environment.