Multiple hardware cursors per controller

Abstract

A system and method for providing a 3D selection technique in a graphics system. A processor receives update information corresponding to multiple views of a cursor on a three-dimensional (3D) display. The graphics processor determines a height and a width for multiple images based on the received information. Each one of the multiple images corresponds to a respective one of the multiple views of the cursor. The graphics processor accesses cursor shape data stored in memory at locations outside of an address space for a frame buffer storing data for a 3D scene being displayed on the 3D display. The graphics processor arranges the shape data in a format for displaying each one of the plurality of images according to the respective height and width. The subsystem includes output buffers that send the multiple images to a display engine with corresponding placement information describing a location on the 3D display.

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