Virtual reality imaging system
First Claim
1. Apparatus for presenting a user with a virtual image of phenomena located in a predefined multidimensional space, comprising:
- means for generating data indicative of at least one phenomena extant in a multidimensional space, which multidimensional space has predefined extent in a plurality of dimensions;
means for converting said generated data to a compact data representation of said at least one phenomena;
means for storing data defining a plurality of characteristics of said phenomena that are to be displayed to a user;
means for extracting data, that satisfies said plurality of characteristics defined by said stored data, from said compact data representation; and
means, responsive to said extracted data, for producing an image representative of a three dimensional view of at least a portion of said multidimensional space to display said phenomena, substantially temporally concurrent with the generation of said data used to produce said image.
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Abstract
The virtual reality imaging system takes a multidimensional space that contains real world objects and phenomena, be they static or dynamic in nature, and enables a user to define a point and/or a path through this multidimensional space. The apparatus then displays the view to the user that would be seen from the point and/or path through the multidimensional space. This view is filtered through user definable characteristics that refine the real world phenomena and objects to a perspective that is of interest to the user. This filtered view presents the user with a virtual view of the reality contained within this multidimensional space, which virtual reality presents data to the user of only objects, views and phenomena that are of particular interest to the user.
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1. Apparatus for presenting a user with a virtual image of phenomena located in a predefined multidimensional space, comprising:
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means for generating data indicative of at least one phenomena extant in a multidimensional space, which multidimensional space has predefined extent in a plurality of dimensions; means for converting said generated data to a compact data representation of said at least one phenomena; means for storing data defining a plurality of characteristics of said phenomena that are to be displayed to a user; means for extracting data, that satisfies said plurality of characteristics defined by said stored data, from said compact data representation; and means, responsive to said extracted data, for producing an image representative of a three dimensional view of at least a portion of said multidimensional space to display said phenomena, substantially temporally concurrent with the generation of said data used to produce said image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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