Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided. The method provides display of preference information using depth perception, such as on a three dimensional display or in a virtual reality space. Objects are identified in an image or image sequence and assigned relevance information based on the preference information. Objects that are favored are shown in foreground planes of the display, to varying degrees based on the strength of the preference. Objects that are disfavored are shown in background planes of the display, also to varying degrees based on the strength of the preferences. Unidentified or neutral objects are shown at a base level, neither foreground nor background. An exemplary embodiment is provided for a movie database application with various actors shown pushed in or out. Another embodiment allows a user to adjust the plane of the objects to alter his preferences.

Abstract: An optical system and method is provided for a virtual reality head-mounted display. In one embodiment, the system comprises a housing for mounting on a users head and coupled with the display, the housing permitting viewing focus on the display and a sensor operatively coupled with said housing and configured to detect a first change in a position of said housing from a first position to a second position, and detect a second change in a position of said housing greater than said first change. The processor is coupled to the display and is configured to render a first animation for output on said display, pre-load a second animation upon the sensor detecting the first change in position, and render the second animation for output to the display based on the sensor detecting the second change in position.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided. The method provides display of preference information using depth perception, such as on a three dimensional display or in a virtual reality space. Objects are identified in an image or image sequence and assigned relevance information based on the preference information. Objects that are favored are shown in foreground planes of the display, to varying degrees based on the strength of the preference. Objects that are disfavored are shown in background planes of the display, also to varying degrees based on the strength of the preferences. Unidentified or neutral objects are shown at a base level, neither foreground nor background. An exemplary embodiment is provided for a movie database application with various actors shown pushed in or out. Another embodiment allows a user to adjust the plane of the objects to alter his preferences.

Abstract: Recommendations for media assets are presented in the form of spaces (400). The spaces are selected in accordance with recommendations that are generated in accordance with a user profile. The spaces are then configured into an arrangement which a user can navigate through using virtual reality technology.