Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130016033 | PROVIDING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS IN A PHYSICAL WORLDAANM Latta; Stephen G.AACI SeattleAAST WAAACO USAAGP Latta; Stephen G. Seattle WA USAANM Small; Sheridan MartinAACI SeattleAAST WAAACO USAAGP Small; Sheridan Martin Seattle WA USAANM Liu; James C.AACI BellevueAAST WAAACO USAAGP Liu; James C. Bellevue WA USAANM Vaught; Benjamin I.AACI SeattleAAST WAAACO USAAGP Vaught; Benjamin I. Seattle WA USAANM Bennett; DarrenAACI SeattleAAST WAAACO USAAGP Bennett; Darren Seattle WA US - Techniques are provided for displaying electronic communications using a head mounted display (HMD). Each electronic communication may be displayed to represent a physical object that indentifies it as a specific type or nature of electronic communication. Therefore, the user is able to process the electronic communications more efficiently. In some aspects, computer vision allows a user to interact with the representation of the physical objects. One embodiment includes accessing electronic communications, and determining physical objects that are representative of at least a subset of the electronic communications. A head mounted display (HMD) is instructed how to display a representation of the physical objects in this embodiment. | 01-17-2013 |
20130044128 | CONTEXT ADAPTIVE USER INTERFACE FOR AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY - A user interface includes a virtual object having an appearance in context with a real environment of a user using a see-through, near-eye augmented reality display device system. A virtual type of object and at least one real world object are selected based on compatibility criteria for forming a physical connection like attachment, supporting or integration of the virtual object with the at least one real object. Other appearance characteristics, e.g. color, size or shape, of the virtual object are selected for satisfying compatibility criteria with the selected at least one real object. Additionally, a virtual object type and appearance characteristics of the virtual object may be selected based on a social context of the user, a personal context of the user or both. | 02-21-2013 |
20130093788 | USER CONTROLLED REAL OBJECT DISAPPEARANCE IN A MIXED REALITY DISPLAY - The technology causes disappearance of a real object in a field of view of a see-through, mixed reality display device system based on user disappearance criteria. Image data is tracked to the real object in the field of view of the see-through display for implementing an alteration technique on the real object causing its disappearance from the display. A real object may satisfy user disappearance criteria by being associated with subject matter that the user does not wish to see or by not satisfying relevance criteria for a current subject matter of interest to the user. In some embodiments, based on a 3D model of a location of the display device system, an alteration technique may be selected for a real object based on a visibility level associated with the position within the location. Image data for alteration may be prefetched based on a location of the display device system. | 04-18-2013 |
20160117861 | USER CONTROLLED REAL OBJECT DISAPPEARANCE IN A MIXED REALITY DISPLAY - The technology causes disappearance of a real object in a field of view of a see-through, mixed reality display device system based on user disappearance criteria. Image data is tracked to the real object in the field of view of the see-through display for implementing an alteration technique on the real object causing its disappearance from the display. A real object may satisfy user disappearance criteria by being associated with subject matter that the user does not wish to see or by not satisfying relevance criteria for a current subject matter of interest to the user. In some embodiments, based on a 3D model of a location of the display device system, an alteration technique may be selected for a real object based on a visibility level associated with the position within the location. Image data for alteration may be prefetched based on a location of the display device system. | 04-28-2016 |