PAUL M MOODY
Engineering in Cambridge, MA

License number
Massachusetts 15995
Issued Date
Sep 22, 1995
Type
Engineer in Training
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Address
Cambridge, MA 02139

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Virtual World Presentation Composition And Management

US Patent:
8631334, Jan 14, 2014
Filed:
Dec 31, 2009
Appl. No.:
12/651212
Inventors:
Boas Betzler - Poughkeepsie NY, US
Neil Katz - Boca Raton FL, US
Paul B. Moody - Cambridge MA, US
Brian M. O'Connell - Research Triangle Park NC, US
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
G06F 3/048, G06F 3/00, G06F 17/00
US Classification:
715757, 715200, 715706, 715730, 715731, 715732
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for composing and managing a presentation in a virtual world. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for composing and managing a presentation in a virtual world can include arranging a set of slides in a presentation, selecting a location in a portion of a virtual world for displaying the slides and also for attendee avatars viewing the slides, composing movements and gestures of a presenter avatar in coordination with a display of slide content of the slides, and presenting the presentation in the location of the virtual world at the location selected for displaying the slides for the attendee avatars placed the selected location for the attendee avatars while applying the composed movements and gestures of the presenter avatar coordinated with a display of slide content of the slides.