Abstract: An apparatus in the form of a learning platform is configured as a network element that may be accessed by a student, who interacts with various elements at the learning platform, including a knowledge base and an associated analytics module, to receive instruction across a wide range of subject matter areas. A 3D configuration system located at the learning platform interacts with the knowledge base and analytics module to create the various 3D projections as incorporated within each learning module to enhance a student's comprehension of a given topic.

Abstract: A 2D/3D conversion interface component is configured to override the video processing capabilities associated with a conventional 2D display, re-formatting an incoming 3D video stream into a version compatible with a 2D display while preserving the 3D-type of presentation. An incoming “side-by-side” (SBS) 3D video stream is re-formatted into a “frame sequential” (serialized) format that appears as a conventional video stream input to the 2D display. The interface component also generates as an output a timing signal (synchronized with the converted frames) that is transmitted to a 3D viewing device (e.g., glasses). Therefore, as along as the 3D viewing device remains synchronized with the sequence of frames shown on the 2D display, the user will actually be viewing an interactive 3D video.

Abstract: A learning platform is configured as a network element that may be accessed by a student, who interacts with various elements at the learning platform, including a knowledge base and an associated analytics module, to receive instruction across a wide range of subject matter areas. A 3D imaging system located at the learning platform interacts with the knowledge base and analytics module to create the various 3D projections as incorporated within each learning module to enhance a student's comprehension of a given topic.

Abstract: A 2D/3D conversion interface component is configured to override the video processing capabilities associated with a conventional 2D display, re-formatting an incoming 3D video stream into a version compatible with a 2D display while preserving the 3D-type of presentation. An incoming “side-by-side” (SBS) 3D video stream is re-formatted into a “frame sequential” (serialized) format that appears as a conventional video stream input to the 2D display. The interface component also generates as an output a timing signal (synchronized with the converted frames) that is transmitted to a 3D viewing device (e.g., glasses). Therefore, as along as the 3D viewing device remains synchronized with the sequence of frames shown on the 2D display, the user will actually be viewing an interactive 3D video.

Abstract: A computer mouse for providing commands to create both two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) movements and manipulations of objects as projected on a 3D display. The computer mouse comprises an input device including conventional button/wheel and trackball controllers and a mode switch for toggling between 2D operation and 3D operation. The computer mouse also includes an external processor responsive to the command signals and mode signal from the input device, and functions to translate the received signals into cursor actions on an associated 3D display.