Patent ID: 9691172
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G06T

Claim:
1. A pocket avatar apparatus for rendering avatars, comprising: one or more processors; and an avatar animation engine, to be operated by the one or more processors, to receive a plurality of fur shell texture data maps associated with rendering fur texture of a furry avatar under a predetermined number of conditions, and drive an avatar model to animate the furry avatar, using the plurality of fur shell texture data maps; wherein the plurality of fur shell texture data maps for the predetermined number of conditions are pre-generated and provided to the avatar animation engine, prior to the avatar animation engine driving the avatar model, by a fur shell texture data map generator, and the plurality of fur shell texture data maps are pre-generated by the fur shell texture data map generator through sampling of fur strands across a plurality of horizontal planes under the predetermined number of conditions; and wherein the pocket avatar apparatus is a mobile device.