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Constrained Virtual Camera Control

  • US 20080094358A1
  • Filed: 09/15/2006
  • Published: 04/24/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for manipulating, in a computer-generated environment, an object relative to a different selected object while maintaining a specified orientation relative to the selected object, the method comprising:

  • receiving, from a first device, input used to select a first object in a computer-generated environment, wherein the first device has at least two degrees of freedom with which to control the selection of the first object;

    removing, in response to the selection of the first object, at least two degrees of freedom previously available to a second device used to manipulating a second object in the computer-generated environment, wherein the removed degrees of freedom correspond to the at least two degrees of freedom of the first device and specify an orientation of the second object relative to the selected first object; and

    receiving, from the second device, input comprising movements within the reduced degrees of freedom used to manipulate a position of the second object while maintaining the specified orientation relative to the selected first object.

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