VIRTUAL OBJECT MANIPULATION Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC G06F3/03 

FIELD: physics, computer engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to devices for manipulating objects. A user may use a controller, such as his hand, in physical space to associate with a cursor in a virtual environment. As the user manipulates the controller in physical space, this is captured by a depth camera. The image data from the depth camera are parsed to determine how the controller is manipulated, and corresponding manipulations of the cursor are performed in virtual space. When the cursor interacts with a virtual object in the virtual space, that virtual object is manipulated by the cursor.

EFFECT: enabling interaction of a user with a virtual object in a virtual environment using correlation between a physical object, manipulated by the user, and a corresponding cursor in the virtual environment.

15 cl, 8 dwg