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System and method for interactive environments presented by video playback devices

  • US 8,457,387 B2
  • Filed: 03/13/2009
  • Issued: 06/04/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A video playback device for providing an interactive environment on a display in response to a user input, the video playback device comprising:

  • a memory configured to store;

    a plurality of images forming a plurality of viewpoints of the interactive environment;

    a plurality of recorded transition clips, wherein each of the plurality of transition clips provides a video transition from one image to another image of the plurality of images; and

    a linking structure linking the plurality of images with the plurality of recorded transition clips; and

    a processor configured to;

    determine a direction of movement based on the user input;

    select a next one of the plurality of recorded transition clips and a next one of the plurality of images based on the direction of movement and the linking structure;

    display the next one of the plurality of recorded transition clips and the next one of the plurality of images on the display; and

    playback positional audio moving consistently with the direction of movement.

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