Appeal No. 96-3637
Application No. 08/248,123
Appellants= Invention
The invention provides a virtual reality environment
using real images that have been recorded and are displayed,
and concerns a method and apparatus for collecting, recording
and displaying video information from real images that have
been prerecorded. For example, images of a roller coaster
ride, a balloon ride and a white water expedition can be
prerecorded to provide a thrill seeking activity. The
prerecorded images can be displayed in a headset having N
display screens approximating, for example, 120 degrees of a
field of view. Since the present invention simultaneously
records video of the activity that includes a full 360
degrees, the user is not limited to merely sitting passively
and viewing the prerecorded images. The user may interact
with the presentation in that the user is able to view any
object, which may be of interest. For example, while viewing
prerecorded images, the user may notice off to one side of his
field of vision an interesting object, and the user may choose
to view this object more closely by viewing the object in the
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