Navigating an avatar through a virtual world in a motion capture simulation environment
US9311742B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 20, 2013 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2210/21
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer determines a modified location for an avatar of a first entity in a virtual environment based on a location of the first entity in a capture volume and a transformation used to map a second entity from the capture volume to the virtual environment. The modified location of the avatar of the first entity relative to a location of an avatar of the second entity is consistent with the location of the first entity relative to the location of the second entity in the capture volume. Once the modified location is determined, the computer displays a graphical cue corresponding to the first entity at the modified location of the avatar of the first entity provided that a distance between the modified location of the avatar of the first entity is different from a current location of the avatar of the first entity in the virtual environment.
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