Patent ID: 11954266
Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for interacting with a virtual world, adapted to a host, comprising:
determining a hand gesture and accordingly determining an indicator in the virtual world;
in response to determining that the hand gesture is a pinch gesture, performing a specific function corresponding to a position indicated by the indicator in the virtual world or a specific object indicated by the indicator in the virtual world, comprising:
in response to determining that the pinch gesture has been maintained for a time threshold, showing a reference area at the position indicated by the indicator in the virtual world, showing a visual guide corresponding to the reference area during the hand gesture maintaining the pinch gesture, and showing a turn area in the virtual world;

in response to determining that the pinch gesture has been released without triggering the turn area, moving a user representative object to the reference area.