Method and system for high performance computer-generated virtual environments
US5905499A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 5, 1995 |
| Grant date | May 18, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 5, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N13/289
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer system and computer-implemented method for rendering images in real-time with a three-dimensional appearance. Using a database including at least one pair of texture maps uses as a stereo pair behind a portal to simulate a scene. An input database can be processed to generate a processed database by performing texture mapping to replace at least one portion of the input data representing a view (or object) by data indicative of a pair of texture maps and an associated polygon or polygons. One of the texture maps represents the view (object) from a left-eye viewpoint; the other represents the view (object) from a right-eye viewpoint. In some embodiments, to generate the texture map pairs, the input database analyzed to produce the images. In other embodiments the images are from photographs or other sources.
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