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Apparatus and methods for wrapping texture onto the surface of a virtual object

  • US 8,174,535 B2
  • Filed: 02/14/2011
  • Issued: 05/08/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for wrapping a texture onto a surface of a three-dimensional virtual object, the method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) providing an arbitrarily-shaped user-defined region of a surface of a three-dimensional virtual object, wherein a boundary of the user-defined region may be curved;

    (b) for each of a plurality of locations in the region;

    (i) mapping the location in the user-defined region to a corresponding location in a texture; and

    (ii) assigning to the location in the user-defined region a graphical value associated with the location in the texture;

    (c) graphically rendering the virtual object with the texture applied within the user-defined region; and

    (d) updating, in real-time, the graphical rendering of the applied texture in response to direct user interaction with the surface of the three-dimensional virtual object.

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