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AssigneeAlias Systems Corp.
InventorsGeorge Fitzmaurice, Ravin Balakrishnan, Gordon Kurtenbach
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The present invention is a widget display system for a volumetric or true three-dimensional (3D) display that provides a volumetric or omni-viewable widget that can be viewed and interacted with from any location around the volumetric display. The widget can be viewed from any location by duplicating the widget such that all locations around the display are within the viewing range of the widget. A widget can be provided with multiple viewing surfaces or faces making the widget omni-directional. A widget can be continuously rotated to face all of the possible locations of users over a period of time. User locations can be determined and the widget can be oriented to face the users when selected.
A method, comprising:
A computer readable storage controlling a computer or via producing a three-dimensional scene in a volumetric display, and producing a volumetric interface element in the volumetric display.
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