Appeal No. 96-3637
Application No. 08/248,123
center of his field of vision. The user is able to turn his
head; the prerecorded images change and this object is placed
into the center of his field of vision, providing a realistic
experience.
The Prior Art
Smith discloses a method and apparatus for recording
of a panorama for display of a portion thereof on a video
display device.
Figure 7 illustrates a projection 80 of a film
record to produce an actual projection representation of a
recorded panorama, which can be viewed on a cylindrical
screen. This projected representation is then rerecorded
using a rotating optical slit scanner for producing a film
record 82 or a rotating optical slit scanner in combination
with a CCD device 84. After the records have been produced
and the necessary timing information reintroduced into the
resulting series, the record can be accessed using
conventional technology such as a high density T.V., VCR 86,
or optical disc player, depending upon the type of format
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