Patent ID: 9704285
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: displaying a three dimensional (3D) stereoscopic scene according to a first viewpoint, wherein the 3D stereoscopic scene comprises a rendering of at least a first object and a second object from the first viewpoint, wherein the rendering of the first object at least partially obscures a portion of the rendering of the second object; determining a location and orientation in physical space of an input device, wherein the location and orientation in physical space maps to a corresponding position and orientation within the 3D stereoscopic scene; determining an intersection of a depicted beam within the 3D stereoscopic scene with an obscured portion of the second object, wherein the depicted beam extends from the corresponding position and orientation within the 3D stereoscopic scene; and displaying first and second portions of the depicted beam with different representations to indicate the intersection, wherein the first portion extends from the corresponding position and orientation towards the intersection, and wherein the second portion extends away from the intersection.