Patent ID: 6073115
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G06T

Abstract:
A virtual reality generator to display abstract information as a multi-dimensional information terrain, the virtual reality generator comprising:an input module receiving the abstract information from an information source, the information source generating the information as a function of a predetermined analysis of real-time and pre-stored data;a user interface module including a first input selecting a categorical dimension for each of a first dimension of a multi-dimensional information terrain and a second dimension of the multi-dimensional information terrain and a second input for selecting a numerical dimension for a third dimension of the multi-dimensional information terrain, the user interface module selecting a portion of the abstract information as a function of the categorical dimensions and the numerical dimension; anda virtual reality generator module coupled to the input module and the user interface module, the virtual reality generator generating, continuously modifying and displaying on a display device a multi-dimensional information terrain that enables a user to simulate movement through and interact with the abstract information, the information terrain representing selected portions of the information,wherein when the user simulates movement through and interacts with the abstract information, the user viewing the display device has a sensation of traveling through and within the information terrain.