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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1994
Jaron Z Lanier, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ann Lasko-Harvill, San Mateo, CA (US);
Chuck L Blanchard, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joe L Sparks, San Francisco, CA (US);
VPL Research, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer display displays a data flow network as a plurality of interconnected units. An interactive program allows the appearance of the plurality of interconnected units to be changed. The data flow network then is automatically altered to correspond with the visual changes. The interconnected units of the data flow network represent inputs, functions and outputs of the data flow network. Inputs represent control signals to manipulate the data flow network, functions modify the value of inputs according to the type of the function unit and outputs represent the x, y or z value of a point in a three-dimensional coordinate system of the virtual world.