Patent ID: 9443352
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: A63F,G06F,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A method for moving an avatar in a virtual environment along an elevation based on a movement of a person in a motion capture volume along a substantially level ground surface, the method comprising: mapping the person from the motion capture volume to the virtual environment, wherein the person is represented by the avatar in the virtual environment; determining an offset in the elevation and an offset in an orientation of the avatar in the virtual environment with respect to a terrain of the virtual environment in correlation to an elevation and an orientation of the person in the motion capture volume, adjusting, by the computer, the elevation and the orientation of the avatar in the virtual environment to compensate for the offset in the elevation and the offset in the orientation of the avatar and to align the avatar with the terrain of the virtual environment; and displaying, to the person in the capture volume, a view of the virtual environment from the adjusted elevation and orientation of the avatar in the virtual environment.