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Systems and methods for panning a display of a wearable device

  • US 10,380,419 B2
  • Filed: 10/16/2018
  • Issued: 08/13/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for panning content on a virtual reality display, the method comprising:

  • determining, with an eye tracking device, a gaze direction of a user;

    determining, with a head detection system, a head direction of the user; and

    panning content on a virtual reality display in a particular direction and at a particular speed wherein;

    the particular direction is based on the gaze direction and the head direction; and

    the particular speed is based on the gaze direction and the head direction, wherein the particular speed is increased when the gaze direction corresponds with the head direction;

    determining, during panning of the content, via the eye tracking device, that the gaze direction of the user has returned to a neutral position; and

    causing the content to stop panning and automatically re-centering the content on the virtual reality display based at least in part on the gaze direction of the user returning to the neutral position.

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