Patent ID: 6956566

Claim:
An apparatus for use with three-dimensional graphics that streams images with depth, comprising: a rendering module that generates a first image, from a first point of view, having a plurality of pixels, as first image data for display on a client machine, and generates first depth information for one or more of the plurality of pixels; a compression module that compresses the first image data and the first depth information, wherein the first image data and the first depth information are provided to the client machine; and a user input coupled to the rendering module, wherein the rendering module receives an input to change a point of view from the first point of view to a second point of view, and wherein the rendering module generates a second image, as second image data, from the second point of view, the second image including second depth information for one or more pixels comprising the second image, wherein the second image data and the second depth information are provided to the client machine, said client machine including a warp module configurable to generate, prior to obtaining said second image data, an interim image that approximates said second image using the first image data and the first depth information to transform pixels in the first point of view to pixels in the second point of view.