Semantic annotations for virtual objects

Details Semantic annotations for virtual objects Semantic annotations for virtual objects

2006-02-10

2010-11-16

Deng, Anna (Department: 2191)

Data processing: software development, installation, and managem

Software program development tool

Translation of code

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07836437

ABSTRACT:
Methods are disclosed for providing virtual objects and associating semantic annotations with the virtual objects. A user may be enabled to take virtual photographs of the virtual objects, wherein the semantic annotations associated with the virtual objects visible in the virtual photograph are stored with the virtual photograph. The virtual objects may be included in a virtual world. The user may be enabled to query a computer-controlled character about a virtual object in the virtual photograph, or in a virtual world in realtime, wherein the computer-controlled character is enabled to respond to the query by combining the semantic annotation associated with the virtual object in the virtual photograph with additional semantic annotations tagged to the computer-controlled character or a context of the virtual world to dynamically provide a semantic output, in various embodiments.

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