Patent ID: 8334842

Claim:
A motion capture system, comprising: a depth camera system having a field of view; a display; and at least one processor in communication with the depth camera system and the display, the at least one processor executes instructions to implement an application in the motion capture system, and provide a signal to the display to display images; wherein: the depth camera system and at least one processor, to track a first person and a second person in the field of view, distinguish the first person's body and the second person's body in the field of view, the second person engages with the application by controlling the second person's body to control an avatar in a virtual space on the display, the second person is bound to the avatar, while the first person is not recognized as having an intent to engage with the application; and the at least one processor, based on the tracking, allows the first person to engage with the application when the at least one processor determines that the first person has an intent to engage with the application, based on a location of the first person's body relative to a location of the second person's body in the field of view.