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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1995
Akikazu Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An interactive picture providing method comprising the steps of preparing, in a server, three-dimensional pictures of a virtual reality space from predetermined positions; supplying data of a position in the virtual reality space from a user terminal to the server via a network; providing a picture of the virtual reality space corresponding to the position from the server to the user terminal via the network; providing, from the server to the user terminal, a part such as a background of the picture seen from a predetermined position in the virtual reality space; generating, in the user terminal, another part such as a foreground of the picture seen from the specified position in the virtual reality; and compositing and displaying, in the user terminal, the picture generated in the user terminal and the picture provided from the server. According to this method, efficient generation of pictures is achievable, and a high-definition picture can be provided to each of the user terminals at low cost.