System for human trajectory learning in virtual environments

A method for teaching motion, comprising:

• sensing a student's movement with a motion sensing device;
• displaying, during the student's movement, a student's virtual image sequence in response to the student's movement;
• and
• displaying a teacher's virtual image sequence of a teacher's movement from memory simultaneously with the student's virtual image sequence, such that the student may cause the student's virtual image sequence to imitate the teacher's virtual image sequence.

A teaching system comprising:

• a motion sensing device for sensing student's movement;
• a display;
• and
• electronics responsive to the motion sensing device to generate, during the student's movement, a student's virtual image sequence on the display corresponding to a student's movement, and to simultaneously cause a teacher's virtual image sequence on the display corresponding to a teacher's movement such that the student may cause the student's virtual image sequence to imitate the teacher's virtual image sequence.

A teaching system comprising:

• a motion sensing device for sensing a student's movement;
• a display;
• memory;
• and
• electronics responsive to the motion sensing device to generate a student's virtual image sequence on the display in real-time corresponding to the student's movement and to simultaneously cause a teacher's virtual image sequence on the display of a teacher's movement from memory such that the student may cause the student's virtual image sequence to follow the teacher's virtual image sequence.

A method for teaching motion, comprising:

• sensing a student's movement with a motion sensing device;
• displaying a student's virtual image sequence in response to the student's movement in real-time;
• and
• displaying a virtual image sequence of a teacher's movement form memory with the student's virtual image sequence, such that the student may cause the student's virtual image sequence to follow the teacher's virtual image sequence.

A teaching system comprising:

• a motion sensing device for sensing student's movement;
• a display;
• and
• electronics responsive to the motion sensing device to cause a student's virtual image sequence on the display in real-time corresponding to a student's movement, and to simultaneously cause a teacher's virtual image sequence on the display corresponding to a teacher's movement such that the student may cause the student's movement to follow the teacher's movement.

A teaching system comprising:

• a motion sensing device for sensing the position and orientation of a member set in a motion by a student;
• a display;
• a memory;
• and
• electronics responsive to the motion sensing device to generate, in real-time, a student's virtual image sequence on the display derived from the sensed position and orientation of the member and simultaneously generating a teacher's virtual image sequence on the display of a corresponding teacher's movement from memory such that the student may cause the student's virtual image sequence to follow the teacher's virtual image sequence;
• the student's and teacher's virtual image sequences being endpoint trajectories of the member in motion without images of the student and teacher.

A method for teaching motion, comprising the steps of:

• sensing the position and orientation of a member set in motion by a student with a motion sensing device;
• displaying a student's virtual image sequence as an endpoint trajectory derived from the sensed position and orientation of the member in real-time;
• and
• displaying a teacher's virtual image sequence as an endpoint trajectory of a teacher's movement, from memory, with the student's virtual image sequence, such that the student may cause the student's virtual image sequence to imitate the motion of the teacher's virtual image sequence.