28 January 2006 View Comments

Apple’s new patent on a unique gaming tablet application

Abhishek pointed out this cool link today. Here’s a patent from Apple which shows a cool gaming application on a tablet PC. Based on how you move and tilt the tablet, the game would provide visual feedback on the movement – cool for driving & flight simulations and FPS games. The patent document also point towards how a VR environment can be realized using this technique on a tablet PC.

Check out the excerpts from Patent Point # 85: According to another embodiment, the techniques described above may be used in a virtual reality environment. For example, a user holding the tablet can turn around and see the view looking backwards from a position in a two or three dimensional image or object database as if the user walks into a virtual reality game space. According to another embodiment, a user may perform an inspection of an image panorama where the view in different directions is provided by multiple cameras pointing outward in different directions from a single location.

Link: Macsimum News – Buzz: Apple’s new patent reveals a unique gaming tablet application

  • vinuthomas
    Corrected the typo in your name, Abhishek ! :)
  • I wasn't aware of this blog's exisitence!

    My name is spelled wrong though :-(

    Rest assured, this Apple's innovation sounds cool. It would be worthwhile if implemented. A huge enhacement over the existing Xboxes and Ps's.
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