System and method for receiving user input in virtual/augmented reality

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• displaying, via a display device of a wearable virtual-reality device, a stereoscopic rendering of a portion of a three-dimensional virtual environment including a plurality of related targets, each moving in a respective predictable pattern;
• updating the displayed stereoscopic rendering based on movements tracked via a head tracker of the virtual-reality device to show corresponding portions of the three-dimensional virtual environment along a gaze path through the three-dimensional virtual environment;
• detecting a first condition including that first portion of the gaze path through the virtual environment corresponds to the movement of a first one of the related targets along its respective predictable pattern;
• and
• following detection of the first condition, causing the first one of the related targets to disappear from the virtual environment, and detecting a second condition including that a second portion of the gaze path through the virtual environment further corresponds to the movement of a second one of the related targets along its respective predictable pattern, and performing an action, wherein the first one of the related targets is a different target than the second one of the related targets.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computer system cause the computer system to:

• display a stereoscopic rendering of a portion of a three-dimensional virtual environment including a plurality of related targets, each moving in a respective predictable pattern;
• update the displayed stereoscopic rendering based on movements tracked via a head tracker to show corresponding portions of the three-dimensional virtual environment along a gaze path through the three-dimensional virtual environment;
• detect a first condition including that a first portion of the gaze path through the virtual environment corresponds to the movement of a first one of the related targets along its respective predictable pattern;
• and
• following detection of the first condition, cause the first one of the related targets to disappear from the virtual environment, and detect a second condition including that a second portion of the gaze path through the virtual environment corresponds to the movement of a second one of the related targets along its respective predictable pattern, and perform an action, wherein the first one of the related targets is a different target than the second one of the related targets.