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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2008
Cary L Bates, Rochester, MN (US);
Jim Chun-ta Chen, Rochester, MN (US);
Zachary a Garbow, Rochester, MN (US);
Gregory E Young, South St. Paul, MN (US);
Cary L Bates, Rochester, MN (US);
Jim Chun-Ta Chen, Rochester, MN (US);
Zachary A Garbow, Rochester, MN (US);
Gregory E Young, South St. Paul, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for filtering and presenting elements of an immersive virtual environment. The elements may be filtered according to importance to the user, based on user-specified importance of each element, the number and type of past interactions with the elements, and the like. Further, the filtering may be performed on the basis of the user's preference for density of element presentation. The user may then be presented with a view of the virtual world in which elements having a higher degree of interest to the user are highlighted visually, and in which elements having a lesser degree of interest to the user are made partially transparent or invisible.