Patent ID: 9208598
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling an avatar's gaze, the method comprising: modeling, in a computer memory, a digital representation of an avatar having a modeled eye capable of different gaze orientations, and a modeled scene; fixing a first field of view for the modeled eye distinct from a second field of view defined by a viewpoint used for rendering the modeled scene for a user controlling the avatar, wherein the first field of view encompasses visual targets within a fixed portion of the modeled scene deemed to be visible to the avatar, and wherein the first field of view remains fixed irrespective of movement of the modeled eye; and determining, by a computer, an automated sequence for the modeled eye to gaze at different selected ones of the visual targets in the first field of view based at least in part on comparing attractiveness values for the visual targets, wherein each of the attractiveness values pertains to a different one of the visual targets.