Geographic view of a modelling system
First Claim
1. A system for creating human observable objects in a modelling system consists of:
- one or more representations of real or virtual objects;
a virtual universe;
a mapping from a representation of a real or virtual object to a virtual object having at least one of visual, aural or haptic attributes wherein the position of a said virtual object in said universe is in accordance with layout rules, each rule expressed in terms of the representations of first and second real or virtual objects and the interrelationship between said first and second real or virtual objects and a related position determination.
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Abstract
Geo View is a three-dimensional virtual universe in which a real-world or virtual object may be represented by one or more virtual objects whose attributes are derived from attributes of the real-world object via a flexible user-specifiable mapping. Typically a two-dmensional plane located in three-dimensional space is used to visualise the universe of interest. The placement of virtual objects in the universe typically having a shape is governed by the absolute or relative geographical location of the real-world objects, and also by a flexible set of user-specified layout rules. In addition to the visualisation of various objects, the human observer can attach sounds to objects. The representation of real-world objects with rapidly time-changing attributes may be simplified by the use of Synthetic Strobes, flexible user-specified filters which changes in the visual attributes of a shape from one time-domain shift to another.
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1. A system for creating human observable objects in a modelling system consists of:
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one or more representations of real or virtual objects;
a virtual universe;
a mapping from a representation of a real or virtual object to a virtual object having at least one of visual, aural or haptic attributes wherein the position of a said virtual object in said universe is in accordance with layout rules, each rule expressed in terms of the representations of first and second real or virtual objects and the interrelationship between said first and second real or virtual objects and a related position determination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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