Lockheed Martin Corporation
System, method, computer readable medium, and viewer-interface for prioritized selection of mutually occluding objects in a virtual environment

Abstract:

A computer-implemented method comprising determining, by the processor, a set of objects of the plurality of objects having the shared coordinates (X.sub.S, Y.sub.S) and at a location along the depth direction (Z.sub.S); and prioritizing, by the processor, an object from the set of objects based on at least two of metadata of the set of objects, screen areas of the set of objects, transparency of the set of objects, and opaqueness of at least one object of the set of objects currently displayed to improve the selection of at least one of mutually occluded objects and mutually partially occluded objects in the virtual environment. The method includes associating the prioritized object with the viewer input device for detecting interactions with the prioritized object displayed on the display device by the viewer input device. The prioritized object is updated on the screen of the display device based on the interactions.