Patent ID: 8525834
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for creating data sets for an interactive three dimensional (3D) environment with interactive entities comprising: identifying a volumetric storage unit (VSU) database representing a volumetric storage space comprising a set of unique volumetric storage units, wherein data elements are stored to a subset of the VSUs, wherein a spatial position of the data elements within the volumetric storage space is defined at least in part by the subset of the VSUs, wherein the VSU database is a component of a geographic information system, which also includes a feature database comprising a plurality of feature records in a plurality of feature tables, which are indexed against VSUs in the VSU database, and wherein each feature corresponds to a real world three dimensional object; and determining a set of objects contained within a volume of the volumetric storage space by processing a set of data elements extracted from the VSU database, wherein the set of data elements are stored in a subset of the VSUs that correspond to the volume, wherein the set of objects were not explicitly stored as discrete objects within the VSU database but were defined in the data elements of the volumetric storage space and were discernible once the data elements were processed, wherein the set of objects affect behavior of a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) entities within a sub-volume of simulation space corresponding to the volume of the volumetric storage space.