Method, apparatus and computer program product for generating a path of an object through a virtual environment

An apparatus for generating a path of an object through a virtual environment, the apparatus comprising circuitry configured to:

• receive image data, at a first instance of time, from a plurality of image capture devices arranged in a physical environment;
• receive image data, at an at least one second instance of time after the first instance of time, from a plurality of image capture devices arranged in the physical environment;
• detect a location of a plurality of points associated with an object within the image data from each image capture device at the first instance of time and the at least one second instance of time;
• project the location of the plurality of points associated with the object within the image data from each image capture device at the first instance of time and the at least one second instance of time into a virtual environment to generate a location of the plurality of points associated with the object in the virtual environment at each instance of time;
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• generate a path of the object through the virtual environment using the location of the plurality of points associated with the object in the virtual environment, the path being indicative of the position and orientation of the object through the virtual environment.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of generating a path of an object through a virtual environment, the method comprising:

• receiving image data, at a first instance of time, from a plurality of image capture devices arranged in a physical environment;
• receiving image data, at an at least one second instance of time after the first instance of time, from a plurality of image capture devices arranged in the physical environment;
• detecting a location of a plurality of points associated with an object within the image data from each image capture device at the first instance of time and the at least one second instance of time;
• projecting the location of the plurality of points associated with the object within the image data from each image capture device at the first instance of time and the at least one second instance of time into a virtual environment to generate a location of the plurality of points associated with the object in the virtual environment at each instance of time;
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• generating a path of the object through the virtual environment using the location of the plurality of points associated with the object in the virtual environment, the path being indicative of the position and orientation of the object through the virtual environment.