Method and system for navigating a virtual environment
CA 2281229 A1 · Owner: Ware, Colin · Inventors: Ware, Colin; Franck, Glenn
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A method and system for navigating in a three-dimensional virtual environment is provided. The, present invention is particularly suited towards three-dimensional graphs representing computer, programs, where nodes represent objects or other programming structures and , arcs in between, the nodes represent function calls or other types of relationships between the structures. The, collective nodes and arcs represent a specialized type of virtual environment. At least a portion, of the virtual environment is displayed on a monitor the virtual environment , portion being represented by a frustum, the frustum having a narrow portion at the front of the monitor and, diverging towards the …
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- Filed August 31, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 31, 2019.
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