COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR POSITIONING AND ORIENTING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN A SHARED VIRTUAL SPACE

Abstract: a method for positioning electronic devices in a virtual space comprising: imaging, by a camera of a second electronic device, a reference object displayed at a first electronic device; obtaining, from the first electronic device, a pointer to information pertaining to position of the first electronic device in a virtual space; obtaining physical dimensions of the reference object; obtaining current position of the first electronic device in the virtual space; determining a relative distance of the second electronic device to the first electronic device based on the physical dimensions of the reference object and dimensions of the reference object as imaged by the camera of the second electronic device; determining position of the second electronic device in the virtual space based on the current position of the first electronic device in the virtual space and the determined relative distance of the second electronic device to the first electronic device.

Inventor(s): Nils PIHL, Andy LAU, Gustav PIHL, Ted ÖSTREM

CPC Classification: G06F3/0317 ({in co-operation with a patterned surface, e.g. absolute position or relative movement detection for an optical mouse or pen positioned with respect to a coded surface})

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