Three-dimensional virtualization

• US 9,857,939 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2015
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: Webb, Sunny M., Short, Matthew Thomas, Dooley, Robert P.
• Primary Examiner(s): YEN, JASON TAHAI
• Application Number:
  US14/634,274
• Publication Number:
  US 20160253067A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,040 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/00 Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions gaming systems which provide a financial reward G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/5255 according to dedicated instructions from a player, e.g. using a secondary joystick to rotate the camera around a player's character
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/63 by the player, e.g. authoring using a level editor
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/655 by importing photos, e.g. of the player
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6018 where the game content is authored by the player, e.g. level editor or by game device at runtime, e.g. level is created from music data on CD
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming

Abstract

Three-dimensional virtualization may include receiving captured images of an entity and/or a scene, and/or capturing the images of the entity and/or the scene. The images may be connected in a predetermined sequence to generate a virtual environment. A virtual reality application may be generated to implement controls for manipulation of the virtual environment. Gestures related to a view generated by the virtual reality application may be received. The gestures may be translated to manipulate the view generated by the virtual reality application.

Claims

1. A three-dimensional virtualization system comprising:

an image capturer, executed by at least one hardware processor, to at least one of

receive captured images of at least one of an entity and a scene, and

capture the images of the at least one of the entity and the scene;

a virtual environment converter, executed by the at least one hardware processor, to connect the captured images in a predetermined sequence to generate a virtual environment; and

a virtual reality application generator, executed by the at least one hardware processor, to generate a virtual reality application to implement controls for manipulation of the virtual environment, wherein the virtual reality application generator comprises

an input handler, executed by the at least one hardware processor, to

receive gestures related to a view generated by the virtual reality application, wherein the gestures include at least one of

touch gestures related to contact with a display of a display device used to display the view, and

movement gestures related to movement of the display device to position a targeting reticle, and

translate the gestures to manipulate the view generated by the virtual reality application.

2. The three-dimensional virtualization system according to claim 1, wherein for a touch gesture of the touch gestures, the input handler is to

receive the touch gesture related to a pin displayed in the view generated by the virtual reality application, and

translate the touch gesture to display a photosphere view related to the pin displayed in the view generated by the virtual reality application.

3. The three-dimensional virtualization system according to claim 1, wherein for a touch gesture of the touch gestures, the input handler is to

receive the touch gesture related to a content flag displayed in the view generated by the virtual reality application, and

translate the touch gesture to display content related to the content flag in the view generated by the virtual reality application.

4. The three-dimensional virtualization system according to claim 1, wherein the gestures include the movement of the display device to position, for a predetermined time period, the targeting reticle within the view generated by the virtual reality application, and wherein the input handler is to

receive an indication of the movement of the display device to position, for the predetermined time period, the targeting reticle within the view generated by the virtual reality application, wherein the view is a photosphere virtual reality view, and

translate the movement of the display device to position, for the predetermined time period, the targeting reticle within the photosphere virtual reality view generated by the virtual reality application to display content related to an area selected by the targeting reticle.

5. The three-dimensional virtualization system according to claim 1, wherein the gestures include a rotation of the display device relative to the view generated by the virtual reality application, and wherein the input handler is to

receive an indication of the rotation of the display device relative to the view generated by the virtual reality application, and

translate the rotation of the display device relative to the view generated by the virtual reality application to display a new view generated by the virtual reality application, wherein content displayed for the view generated by the virtual reality application is different from content displayed for the new view generated by the virtual reality application.

6. The three-dimensional virtualization system according to claim 1, further comprising a logic director, executed by the at least one hardware processor, to

determine a validity of a gesture of the gestures related to the view generated by the virtual reality application based on a comparison of the gesture to a control mode of a plurality of control modes that include a gyroscopic-based control mode, a finger-based control mode, and a linger-based control mode.

7. The three-dimensional virtualization system according to claim 1, further comprising a selectable functionality controller, executed by the at least one hardware processor, to

implement a plurality of different functionalities in a selectable object of a set of selectable objects based on at least one of

attributes of the selectable objects, and

a particular game mode of a plurality of game modes that the selectable object is being used in, wherein the game modes are related to different views including the view generated by the virtual reality application.

8. The three-dimensional virtualization system according to claim 7, wherein

the plurality of game modes include at least two of a welcome screen game mode, a map view game mode, and a photosphere view game mode, and

the selectable object includes at least one of a pin and a content flag.

9. The three-dimensional virtualization system according to claim 1, further comprising a game mode functionality controller, executed by the at least one hardware processor, to

implement, based on a set of rules, a functionality from a plurality of different functionalities in a game mode of a plurality of game modes, wherein the plurality of game modes include a map view game mode and a photosphere view game mode, and wherein a rule of the set of rules includes a determination of implementation of a gesture of the gestures that include touch, touch and drag, and two finger touch based on the game mode of the plurality of game modes.

10. The three-dimensional virtualization system according to claim 1, further comprising a camera operator controller, executed by the at least one hardware processor, to

implement a camera setting from a plurality of available camera settings based on a particular game mode of a plurality of game modes, wherein the camera settings include at least two of a gyroscopic mode camera setting, a finger mode camera setting, and a virtual reality camera setting, wherein the plurality of game modes include at least two of a welcome screen game mode, a map view game mode, and a photosphere view game mode, and wherein the map view game mode includes the finger mode camera setting and the virtual reality camera setting.

11. The three-dimensional virtualization system according to claim 1, wherein the virtual reality application generator is to generate, based on a user selection, the virtual reality application for deployment on a platform from a plurality of available platforms that include a personal computer, a tablet, and a smartphone.

12. A method for three-dimensional virtualization, the method comprising:

receiving, by an input handler that is executed by at least one hardware processor, instructions to drag and drop a view onto a scene, wherein the view includes images that are connected in a predetermined sequence to generate a virtual environment;

receiving, by the input handler, instructions to drag and drop an input handler script onto an empty object, wherein the input handler script is to ascertain a gesture to manipulate the virtual environment, and wherein the empty object is to implement the input handler script in a virtual reality application;

receiving, by a game mode functionality controller that is executed by the at least one hardware processor, instructions to drag and drop at least one game mode functionality controller script onto the view, wherein the game mode functionality controller script includes a rule that is to be implemented during execution of a game mode;

receiving, by a selectable functionality controller that is executed by the at least one hardware processor, instructions to drag and drop a selectable functionality controller script onto a selectable object of the view, wherein the selectable functionality controller script includes a rule that is to be implemented to select the selectable object; and

generating, by a virtual reality application generator that includes the input handler, the game mode functionality controller, and the selectable functionality controller, the virtual reality application based on the received instructions, wherein the virtual reality application is to implement controls for manipulation of the virtual environment based on the received instructions.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon machine readable instructions for three-dimensional virtualization, the machine readable instructions when executed cause at least one hardware processor to:

generate, by a virtual reality application generator that is executed by the at least one hardware processor, a virtual reality application to implement controls for manipulation of a virtual environment that includes a plurality of images connected together in a predetermined sequence;

receive, by an input handler, of the virtual reality application generator, that is executed by the at least one hardware processor,

gestures related to a view generated by the virtual reality application, wherein the gestures include at least one of

touch gestures related to contact with a display of a display device used to display the view, and

movement gestures related to movement of the display device, and

translate the gestures to manipulate the view generated by the virtual reality application, wherein for the display device that is to display the view generated by the virtual reality application, the input handler is to

receive an indication of a movement of the display device to position, for a predetermined time period, a targeting reticle within the view generated by the virtual reality application, wherein the view is a photosphere virtual reality view, and

translate the movement of the display device to position, for the predetermined time period, the targeting reticle within the photosphere virtual reality view generated by the virtual reality application to display content related to an area selected by the targeting reticle.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the input handler is to

receive a touch gesture of the touch gestures related to a pin displayed in the view generated by the virtual reality application, and

translate the touch gesture to display a photosphere view related to the pin displayed in the view generated by the virtual reality application.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the input handler is to

receive a touch gesture of the touch gestures related to a content flag displayed in the view generated by the virtual reality application, and

translate the touch gesture to display content related to the content flag in the view generated by the virtual reality application.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein for the display device that is to display the view generated by the virtual reality application, the input handler is to

receive an indication of a rotation of the display device relative to the view generated by the virtual reality application, and

translate the rotation of the display device relative to the view generated by the virtual reality application to display a new view generated by the virtual reality application, wherein content displayed for the view generated by the virtual reality application is different from content displayed for the new view generated by the virtual reality application.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the virtual reality application generator is to

generate, based on a user selection, the virtual reality application for deployment on a platform from a plurality of available platforms that include a personal computer, a tablet, and a smartphone.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the machine readable instructions when executed further cause the at least one hardware processor to:

determine, by logic director that is executed by the at least one hardware processor, a validity of a gesture of the gestures related to the view generated by the virtual reality application based on a comparison of the gesture to a control mode of a plurality of control modes that include a gyroscopic-based control mode, a finger-based control mode, and a linger-based control mode.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the machine readable instructions when executed further cause the at least one hardware processor to:

implement, by selectable functionality controller that is executed by the at least one hardware processor, a plurality of different functionalities in a selectable object of a set of selectable objects based on at least one of

attributes of the selectable objects, and

a particular game mode of a plurality of game modes that the selectable object is being used in, wherein the game modes are related to different views including the view generated by the virtual reality application.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 19, wherein

the plurality of game modes include at least two of a welcome screen game mode, a map view game mode, and a photosphere view game mode, and

the selectable object includes at least one of a pin and a content flag.