Distributed Physics Hosts for Virtual World Simulation

The patent divides the physics simulation workload by designating specific client devices as 'physics hosts' that handle physics calculations for particular scenes or regions, while other client devices handle rendering and user interaction. This segmentation allows physics simulation to be distributed across multiple devices rather than requiring all devices to perform computationally intensive physics calculations, thereby maintaining realism while reducing overall processing resource consumption.

The patent introduces server devices as intermediaries that manage the assignment of physics host roles and coordinate communication between client devices. The server acts as a mediator that receives physics calculations from designated physics hosts and distributes them to appropriate client devices, enabling efficient resource allocation and reducing the processing burden on individual devices while maintaining realistic physics simulation.

The patent segments the simulation workload by identifying specific client devices as physics hosts that are responsible for performing physics calculations for their respective scenes. This segmentation allows high-accuracy physics simulation to be maintained on dedicated devices while other client devices focus on rendering and user interaction, thereby reducing overall device complexity and processing burden while preserving simulation accuracy where needed.

The patent enables selected client devices to serve themselves as physics hosts, performing their own physics calculations independently without requiring constant server intervention. This self-service approach allows these devices to maintain accurate physics simulation for their scenes while reducing the processing burden on servers and other devices, as the physics host devices autonomously manage their own simulation requirements.