Patent ID: 6323861
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: A63F,G06T

Abstract:
A method for use in processing a view of a three dimensional world in which a first portion of said world is modeled as computer graphics and a second portion of said world is represented by a video display on a video screen which exists in said first portion of said world, wherein said video is made up of a sequence of images, the method comprising the steps of:determining that an object, other than said video screen, is being modeled as computer graphics and has moved to a location (i) that is being represented by said video and (ii) at which said object is at least partly occluded from view of a viewer of said world by said video screen although said object should not appear occluded to said viewer when at said location;changing the representation of said object from one modeled as computer graphics to a video representation thereof; anddisplaying said video representation so that it appears to said viewer to be substantially integrated with said video on said video screen.