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Selective light transmission for augmented or virtual reality

  • US 10,163,265 B2
  • Filed: 05/02/2015
  • Issued: 12/25/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • tracking a movement of a first user'"'"'s eye using a first head mounted display device;

    estimating a depth of focus of the first user'"'"'s eye based on the tracked eye movement;

    modifying a light beam associated with a display object based on the estimated depth of focus such that the display object appears in focus;

    projecting the light beam toward a display lens of the first head mounted display device;

    directing the light beam into the first user'"'"'s eye using the display lens;

    selectively allowing a transmission of light from a local environment of the first user based on at least a selection of an augmented reality mode of the first head mounted display device;

    capturing a field-of-view image by the first head mounted display device at the local environment of the first user;

    generating a rendered physical object using the field-of-view image, the rendered physical object corresponding to a physical object present in the local environment of the first user, and the rendered physical object representing the physical object as it appears in the local environment; and

    transmitting at least a portion of virtual world data associated with the display object and the rendered physical object to a second head mounted display device associated with a second user at a second location, the second head mounted display device projects the display object and the rendered physical object at the second location based at least in part on the virtual world data, wherein the first user and the second user interface with a shared virtual reality, the first head mounted display device of the first user operates in an augmented reality mode and the second head mounted display device of a second user operates in a virtual reality mode, and the second head mounted display device displaying the rendered physical object as the physical object appears in the local environment of the first user.

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