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Abstract

In a computer program operating based on user inputs, a user input module receives user input from a view control portion of the user input device, the view control portion being input elements designated for user by the user to change a view, the view being a surface in a virtual space that is mapped to a display surface such that the user can see at least a portion of the contents of the virtual space that is visible through the view and the user can see different portions and/or perspectives of the virtual space by changing the view. The user view change inputs are conveyed to the computer program, thereby enabling the computer program to determine how to change a display to conform to the user's desired view change. The user input module can then receive user input to indicate a user's selection of objects from the virtual space and select objects in the virtual space using a current view as a selector for the items, thereby allowing the user to specify a selection by positioning a view. A reticle can be used to specify a viewable object to select and selection can be by matching categories of objects under the reticle.

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