A method of generating a view of a computer-generated environment using a location in a real-world environment, comprising receiving real-time data regarding the location of a device in the real-world environment; mapping the real-time data regarding the device into a virtual camera within a directly-correlating volume of space in the computer-generated environment; updating the virtual camera location using the real-time data, such that the virtual camera is assigned a location in the computer-generated environment which corresponds to the location of the device in the real-world environment; and using the virtual camera to generate a view of the computer-generated environment from the assigned location in the computer-generated environment.
Original language | English |
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Patent number | US2012287159 (A1) |
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IPC | G09G5/00 |
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Priority date | 14/07/10 |
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Filing date | 20/07/12 |
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Publication status | Published - 15 Nov 2012 |
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- Virtual production
- Graphics
- User interfaces (Computer systems)