Appeal No. 1999-1442
Application No. 08/610,681
be displayed.
When the viewing orientation of a user within the virtual
image shifts from one viewing point to another, an
approximately visually accurate 3D rendering of the object is
provided using selected prerendered views. The image of the
selected object may be scaled based on the view of the object.
In order to generate the prerendered views, a heading is
selected within the place user interface to define each facing
direction for each of the objects. Environment information is
also defined within the place user interface for each object
to determine an appropriate view to draw for each object. The
environment information is compared with the viewing point
which includes the physical location and heading of the user
to select a desired one of the prerendered views to display.
A further understanding of the invention can be achieved
by a reading of the following claim 1:
1. A computer system comprising:
a central processing unit;
a bus;
2
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