Abstract: A method of generating a target display within an environment is disclosed. Data is gathered and analyzed data from one or more environmental sensors to determine a target distance from a point within the system to a target display area within the environment. A distance between a projector and a concave mirror is modified to adjust a distance of a focal plane from the point within the system in order to match the determined target distance. The focal plane is associated with the target display.

Abstract: There is disclosed a system for interacting with a computer-generated three-dimensional model including a head-mounted display for displaying the three-dimensional model, the head-mounted display incorporating at least one sensor for tracking movement of a human head, the head-mounted display in communication with a computing device used in generating the three-dimensional model, the computing device may be used to translate the movement tracked by the at least one sensor into a first set of actions, relative to the three-dimensional model, when in a first mode and, upon an indication by a user, to change to a second mode and translating the movement tracked by the at least one sensor into a second set of actions relative to the three-dimensional model.

Abstract: There is disclosed a system for generating a three-dimensional model of a physical object including a camera skid placed at a known distance from the physical object and moved fully around the physical object at the known distance, a set of cameras on the camera skid for capturing image data at a series of locations fully around the physical object, and a computing device for generating a three-dimensional model of the physical object using the known distance and the image data.

Abstract: Visualization of three-dimensional data without loss of desired characteristics is enabled by receiving three-dimensional data pertaining to a physical object in the world, the physical object represented by a series of segments, the three-dimensional data including a predetermined number of measurements of the series of segments, storing the three-dimensional data in data storage and generating an average measurement value for each of the series of segments. The process further involves generating a first generalization of the three-dimensional data by selecting, for each of the series of segments, a desired number of measurements, fewer than the predetermined number of measurements, that represent the largest deviations from the respective average measurement, storing the selected measurements as the first generalization of the three-dimensional data in the data storage, and upon request, providing access to the first generalization of the three-dimensional data.

Abstract: Visualization of three-dimensional data without loss of desired characteristics is enabled by receiving mapping data pertaining to a physical object in the world, the physical object represented by a series of segments, the three-dimensional data including a predetermined number of measurements of the series of segments, storing the mapping data in data storage and generating an average measurement value for each of the series of segments. The process further involves generating a first generalization of the mapping data by selecting, for each of the series of segments, a desired number of measurements, fewer than the predetermined number of measurements, that represent the largest deviations from the respective average measurement, storing the selected measurements as the first generalization of the mapping data in the data storage, and upon request, providing access to the first generalization of the mapping data for use in rendering the mapping data as three-dimensional data.