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AssigneeNortel Networks Limited
InventorArn Hyndman
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A method and apparatus for enhancing control of an Avatar in a three dimensional computer-generated virtual environment is provided. In one embodiment, a user can control one or more controllable aspects of an Avatar directly via interacting with a touch sensitive user input device such as a touchpad or touch sensitive screen. Interaction with the touch sensitive user input device enables more precise control and more direct control to be implemented over the action of the Avatar in the virtual environment. Multiple aspects of the Avatar may be controlled, such as the Avatar's forward motion, orientation, arm movements, and grasping of objects.
A method of enabling enhanced control over an Avatar in a three dimensional computer-generated virtual environment, the method comprising the steps of:
A computer program containing data and instructions stored on a computer readable medium which, when loaded into one or more processors of a computer system, configure the computer system to implement a virtual environment that is able to receive user input from a touch sensitive user input device to enable a user of the computer program to use the touch sensitive user input device to directly control one or more of aspects of the virtual environment.
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