Navigating an avatar through a virtual world in a motion capture simulation environment

A method to avoid collision between a first entity and a second entity disposed in a capture volume comprising:

• determining, by a computer, that a location of the first entity with respect to a location of the second entity in the capture volume is different from a location of the first entity's avatar with respect to a location of the second entity's avatar in a virtual environment,
• wherein the first entity's avatar is a virtual representation of the first entity in the virtual environment and the second entity's avatar is a virtual representation of the second entity in the virtual environment;
• responsive to a positive determination, displaying a graphical cue corresponding to the first entity at a modified location of the first entity's avatar in the virtual environment that is displayed to the second entity, wherein the modified location of the first entity's avatar is computed based on the location of the first entity and a transformation that is used to map the second entity from the capture volume to the virtual environment.