Apparatus, methods and systems for viewing and manipulating a virtual environment
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- at least one processor executing a virtual video application and responsive to inputs received from at least one user participant to generate a virtual video environment; and
a plurality of virtual camera components responsive to capture a plurality of views from within said virtual video environment.
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Abstract
Components for generating, reviewing, processing, storing, retrieving, analyzing, and optimizing information input to or output from a virtual environment. The components may be a video camera component, a stand-alone or device mountable on a tripod to permit a camera person to select from one or more views within a virtual environment, such as a video game being executed, and to provide alternative views within the confines of the virtual environment. The component permits selection from multiple views and manipulation of the same, including a rotation leftward or rightward, a tilt upward or downward, a zooming inward or outward, a translation (for example, a track movement) leftward, rightward, forward, or backward, a rolling movement, and a camera position adjustment (for example, crane movement) upward or downward.
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27 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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at least one processor executing a virtual video application and responsive to inputs received from at least one user participant to generate a virtual video environment; and
a plurality of virtual camera components responsive to capture a plurality of views from within said virtual video environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of producing a video representation of a virtual environment comprising:
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moving a virtual video camera component to change between views of events within the virtual environment; and
capturing video content of the views within the virtual environment. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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