Virtual world teleportation
The present invention is directed to teleporting avatars between disparate virtual worlds. A system is disclosed that includes a facility for creating a persona profile for an avatar in a first virtual world when the avatar wants to be teleported out of the first virtual world; a facility for transferring persona profiles to and from a disparate virtual world; and a facility for instantiating an inbound avatar based on a received persona profile. Persona profiles may include, e.g., rendering information, trait information, and inventory information.
1. A method for teleporting avatars between disparate virtual worlds, comprising:
receiving a request for teleporting an avatar from a first virtual world to a destination virtual world;
updating a persona profile for the avatar in the first virtual world;
transferring the persona profile for use in the destination virtual world;
instantiating an inbound avatar at the destination virtual world from the first virtual world based on a received persona profile, wherein
the persona profile in the destination virtual world remains unchanged from the personal profile for the avatar in the first virtual world;
analyzing information in the received persona profile and automatically selecting a region in the first virtual world to locate the inbound avatar based on the analyzed information in the received persona profile;
granting or denying the avatar access to the first virtual world; and
disabling the avatar in the first virtual world.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transferring includes loading the persona profile to a remote shared database.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transferring sends the persona profile directly to the disparate virtual world.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the persona profile includes rendering information.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the persona profile further includes traits and an inventory.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the persona profile further includes an audit trail and a record of past violations.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the persona profile is stored in a data construct common to all participating virtual worlds.