US 10,964,106 B2 · Dynamically modifying visual rendering of a visual element comprising pre-defined characteristics

Abstract

Method and system for dynamically modifying visual rendering of a visual element in a computer generated environment from an interactive computer simulation. Pre-identified distinctive visual characteristics are associated with the visual element. A tangible instrument module is sued to provide one or more commands for controlling a simulated vehicle of the interactive computer simulation. At the interactive computer simulation station, dynamically modifying the one or more pre-identified distinctive visual characteristics of the visual element is performed considering at least a relative directional vector between the simulated vehicle and the visual element in the computer generated environment, the relative directional vector being determined in real-time during execution of the interactive computer simulation prior to rendering the visual element for display.

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A method for dynamically modifying, in an interactive computer simulation station, visual rendering of a visual element in a computer generated environment from an interactive computer simulation, wherein one or more pre-identified distinctive visual characteristics are associated with the visual element, the method comprising:

receiving, via a tangible instrument module, one or more commands from a trainee of the interactive computer simulation station for controlling, in the computer generated environment, a simulated vehicle of the interactive computer simulation;
and
at the interactive computer simulation station and during execution of the interactive computer simulation, dynamically modifying the one or more pre-identified distinctive visual characteristics of the visual element considering at least a relative directional vector between the simulated vehicle and the visual element in the computer generated environment, the relative directional vector being determined in real-time during execution of the interactive computer simulation prior to rendering the visual element for display.

An interactive computer simulation station comprising:

a tangible instrument module for receiving one or more commands from a trainee thereof for controlling, in a computer generated environment from an interactive computer simulation, a simulated vehicle in the interactive computer simulation;
a display system for displaying rendered images of the computer generated environment comprising a visual element having associated therewith pre-defined visual characteristics;
a processor module, comprising a dedicated graphics unit, that during execution of the interactive computer simulation:
dynamically modifies the one or more pre-identified distinctive visual characteristics of the visual element considering at least a relative directional vector between the simulated vehicle and the visual element in the computer generated environment, the relative directional vector being determined by the processor module in real-time during execution of the interactive computer simulation prior to rendering the visual element by the dedicated graphics unit.

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Dynamically modifying visual rendering of a visual element comprising pre-defined characteristics

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Dynamically modifying visual rendering of a visual element comprising pre-defined characteristics

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