Arrangement for the relocating of virtual object images within a real non-electronic space
AssigneeCadwalk Global Pty Ltd
InventorGerhard Kimenkowski
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Abstract
An arrangement for the relocating of virtual object images within a real non electronic space including a virtual object image creator adapted to project a plurality of virtual object images in a real non electronic space and at least one activatable tangible object, wherein the or each activatable tangible object is locatable within a corresponding virtual object image created by the virtual object image creator such that upon activation of the activatable tangible object by a user when the activatable tangible object is located within a virtual object image allows physical movement of the virtual object image within the real non electronic space that corresponds with physical movement and location of the activated activatable tangible object.
Claims11
An arrangement for the relocating of virtual object images within a real non electronic space, said arrangement including:
- a virtual object image creator adapted to project a plurality of independent virtual object images upon a floor in a real non electronic space;
- a free standing tangible object locatable within a selected virtual object image of the plurality of independent virtual object images created by the virtual object image creator upon the floor in the real non electronic space;
- wherein the free standing tangible object includes an activated state and an inactivated state, the activated state and inactivated state being established by action of a user, wherein, when the free standing tangible object is located within the selected virtual object image and the activated state is established by action of the user, the selected virtual object image becomes operatively associated with the activated tangible object such that physical movement of the activated tangible object within the real non electronic space causes movement in the same direction of the selected virtual object, and when the inactivated state is established by action of the user, the tangible object is not operatively associated with any virtual object such that movement of the tangible object within the real non electronic space does not result in movement of any virtual object;
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- a tracking arrangement, wherein the tracking arrangement is adapted to determine activation and positioning of the free standing tangible object within the real non-electronic space, and the tracking arrangement recognises the activated state of the free standing tangible object, the activated state being established either by a defined user movement or orientation of the free standing tangible object or by activating a switch, keypad and/or a user interface feature of the free standing tangible object.
An arrangement for the relocating of virtual object images within a real non electronic space, said arrangement including:
- a virtual object image creator adapted to project a plurality of independent virtual object images upon a floor in a real non electronic space;
- a free standing tangible object selectively locatable within any two or more of the plurality of independent virtual object images created by the virtual object image creator upon the floor in the real non electronic space;
- wherein the free standing tangible object includes an activated state and an inactivated state, the activated state and inactivated state being established by action of a user, wherein, when the free standing tangible object is located within a selected virtual object image of the plurality of virtual object images and the activated state is established by action of the user, the selected virtual object image becomes operatively associated with the activated tangible object such that physical movement of the activated tangible object within the real non electronic space causes movement in the same direction of the selected virtual object, and when the inactivated state is established by action of the user, the tangible object is not operatively associated with any virtual object such that movement of the tangible object within the real non electronic space does not result in movement of any virtual object, such that the free standing tangible object can, at the selection of a user of the free standing tangible object, be associated with any of the plurality of independent virtual object images to move the same;
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- a tracking arrangement, wherein the tracking arrangement is adapted to determine activation and positioning of the free standing tangible object within the real non-electronic space, and the tracking arrangement recognises the activated state of the free standing tangible object, the activated state being established either by a defined user movement or orientation of the free standing tangible object or by activating a switch, keypad and/or a user interface feature of the free standing tangible object.
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