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Method for smooth motion in a distributed virtual reality environment

  • US 5,793,382 A
  • Filed: 06/10/1996
  • Issued: 08/11/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/10/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for assuring the smooth motion of a graphical object presented on-screen at a display at a recipient node on a network in which data is transmitted from a source node on said network to said recipient node, comprising:

  • means at said source node for transmitting data corresponding to the intended motion of said graphical object at said recipient node including an indication of the predictability of the motion of said graphical object; and

    ,means at said recipient node for receiving said data and said indication, and for smoothing said data in accordance with said indication.

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