Mental Canvas LLC

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Leonard McMillan

Julie Dorsey

Steven Gortler

Henry Fuchs

Kurtis P Keller

Leandra Vicci

Andrew Nashel

Sydney Shea

Duligur Ibeling

Fangyang Shen

A computer-implemented method of and system for converting a two-dimensional drawing into a navigable three-dimensional computer graphics representation of a scene that includes inputting the two-dimensional drawing, embedding some portion of the two-dimensional drawings onto one or more two-dimensional planes, arranging the two-dimensional planes in a virtual three-dimensional space; and outputting the arranged two-dimensional planes into the three-dimensional computer graphics representation of the scene.

System and methods for conversion of 2D assets into 3D graphical scenes

A computer-implemented method of manipulating some portion of a 3D representation of a scene from a reference view direction using a touch-sensitive display unit that includes identifying, by the touch-sensitive display unit, the portion of the 3D representation of the scene to be translated; generating and displaying on some portion of a display device of the touch-sensitive display unit a second 3D representation of the scene from an auxiliary view direction that may be selectively adjustable; and using the second 3D representation of the scene to translate the portion of the 3D representation of the scene.

Touch gestures for navigation and interacting with content in a three-dimensional space

A computer-implemented method and system for generating on a second canvas within a three-dimensional space a three-dimensional representation of an object disposed on a plane of a first, working canvas without leaving the plane of the first, working canvas, the method including designating an axis of rotation on the plane of the first, working canvas, e.g., a hinge function; and rotating the object about the axis of rotation, i.e., the hinge function, without the object leaving the plane of the first, working canvas.

Gesture-based user interface and method for navigating in three-dimensional space

Methods, systems, and computer readable media for generating autostereo three-dimensional views of a scene for a plurality of viewpoints are disclosed. According to one system, a display is configured to display images from plural different viewpoints using a barrier located in front of the display, where the barrier has a pseudo-random arrangement of light ports through which images on the display are viewable. A renderer coupled to the display simultaneously renders images from the different viewpoints such that pixels that should appear differently from the different viewpoints are displayed in a predetermined manner. The pseudo-random arrangement of the light ports in the barrier smoothes interference between the different viewpoints as perceived by viewers located at the different viewpoints.

Methods, systems, and computer readable media for generating autostereo three-dimensional views of a scene for a plurality of viewpoints using a pseudo-random hole barrier

A broadband electromagnetic wave beam is projected from a broadband wave source (). The wave beam is separated by an element () into narrowband wavelength beams. The narrowband beams are directed across a predetermined area (). A narrowband wavelength beam corresponding to a desired pixel wavelength is selected and displayed on a display surface ().

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Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America

Leonard McMillan