Claims
- 1. A method, comprising:
rotating a volume rotational controller for a three dimensional display responsive to user rotational inputs; and rotating the display contents responsive to rotation of the controller.
- 2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the rotational inputs comprise a rotational force.
- 3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the rotational inputs comprise inputs indicating actual rotation of an enclosure.
- 4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the rotation of the display contents is responsive to a time value.
- 5. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein a display apparatus rotates with an enclosure.
- 6. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the display contents are virtually rotated.
- 7. A method as recited in claim 6, wherein the rotation has at least two degrees of freedom.
- 8. A method as recited in claim 6, wherein a gain is applied to the virtual rotation.
- 9. A method as recited in claim 8, wherein the gain is one of positive and negative.
- 10. A method as recited in claim 8, wherein the gain is one of less than one and greater than one.
- 11. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the display is divided into two or more segments and the segments each rotate with a different gain responsive to the rotational inputs.
- 12. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the display includes scene objects and widgets and further comprising rotating the widgets differently than the scene objects.
- 13. A method as recited in claim 12, wherein the widgets remain stationary with respect to the user as the scene objects rotate.
- 14. A computer readable storage controlling a computer with a process of determining rotation of a rotable enclosure and rotating volumetric display contents responsive to the rotation.
- 15. An apparatus, comprising:
a rotatable three-dimensional display; and a mechanism rotating display contents of the display as the enclosure is rotated.
- 16. An apparatus, comprising:
a display having rotatable display contents; and an interface controlling the rotation of the display contents with the interface being omni-directionally accessible.
- 17. An apparatus as recited in claim 16, wherein the interface is omni-directionally controllable.
- 18. A method, comprising:
determining movement of a volume movement controller; and moving display contents of a volumetric display responsive to the movement.
- 19. A method, comprising:
rotating a volumetric display, and rotating contents of the display in correspondence to the display.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)
[0001] This application is related to and claims priority to U.S. provisional application entitled User Interfaces For Volumetric Displays having serial No. 60/350,952 (S&H Docket 1252.1054P), by Kurtenbach et al, filed Jan. 25, 2002, this application is also related to U.S. application entitled Three Dimensional Volumetric Display Input And Output Configurations having Ser. No. ______ (S&H Docket 1252.1054), by Kurtenbach et al, filed concurrently herewith, to U.S. application entitled Volume Management System For Volumetric Displays having Ser. No. ______ (S&H Docket 1252.1065), by Kurtenbach et al, filed herewith, to U.S. application entitled Widgets Displayed And Operable On A Surface Of A Volumetric Display Enclosure, having Ser. No. ______ (S&H Docket 1252.1066), by Fitzmaurice et al, filed concurrently herewith, to U.S. application entitled Graphical User Interface Widgets Viewable And Readable From Multiple Viewpoints In A Volumetric Display, having Ser. No. ______ (S&H Docket 1252.1067), by Fitzmaurice et al, filed concurrently herewith, to U.S. application entitled Techniques For Pointing To Locations Within A Volumetric Display, having Ser. No. ______ (S&H Docket 1252.1069), by Balakrishnan et al, filed concurrently herewith and all of which are incorporated by reference herein.