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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2009
Michael Mumbauer, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas Bland, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Mumbauer, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas Bland, San Diego, CA (US);
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC, San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
Simulating performance of a virtual camera operating inside a 3-D environment having scenes generated for motion pictures and video games including: tracking position and orientation of an object within a physical volume of space; placing the virtual camera within the virtual 3-D environment corresponding to the tracked position of the object within the physical volume of space; capturing shots within a field of view of the virtual camera, wherein the field of view of the virtual camera is measured in accordance with the tracked position and orientation of the object; and displaying the captured shots of the 3-D environment captured with the virtual camera.