Graphical simulation of objects in a virtual environment

A system for simulating a graphical object in a multi-dimensional virtual space, the system comprising:

• a memory containing programmable computer instructions;
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• a processor for executing the programmable computer instructions, the processor comprising;
• a logic unit to monitor approximate distance between a first graphical object and a second graphical object, the first graphical object having at least a first complex particle having a first plurality of simple particles and the second graphical object having at least a second complex particle having a second plurality of simple particles;
• a logic unit to detect a collision between the first plurality of simple particles and the second plurality of simple particles, wherein the first set of forces are computed within a simple particle;
• a logic unit to compute a first set of forces associated with the first and second simple particles due to the collision, wherein the first set of forces are computed within the simple particle context;
• a logic unit to compute a second set of forces associated with the first and second complex particles due to the collision, wherein the second set of forces are computed within a complex particle context by intergrating forces from the simple particles;
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• a logic unit to compute position and orientation of the complex particles in the first and second graphical objects after the collision, based on computation results for the first and second set of forces.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable code embedded in the computer readable storage medium, wherein execution of the computer readable code on a controller causes a computing system to:

• monitor approximate distance between a first graphical object and a second graphical object, the first graphical object having at least a first complex particle having a first plurality of simple particles and the second graphical object having at least a second complex particle having a second plurality of simple particles;
• detect a collision between the first plurality of simple particles and the second plurality of simple particles, wherein the collision is detected within a simple particle context;
• compute a first set of forces associated with the first and second simple particles due to the collision, wherein the first set of forces are computed within the simple particle context;
• compute a second set of forces associated with the first and second complex particles due to the collision, wherein the second set of forces are computed within a complex particle context by integrating forces from the simple particles;
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• compute position and orientation of the complex particles in the first and second graphical objects after the collision, based on computation results for the first and second set of forces.