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Virtual reality

  • US 10,559,110 B2
  • Filed: 03/10/2017
  • Issued: 02/11/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A virtual reality apparatus comprising:

  • an image generator configured to generate images representing a virtual environment, for display to a user by a head mountable display to be worn by the user;

    the virtual environment including an avatar representation of the user positioned within the virtual environment so that the user'"'"'s viewpoint of the virtual environment substantially corresponds to a viewpoint of the avatar corresponding to that user; and

    one or more user controls,in which the image generator is operable to map an operation of the one or more user controls by the user on to one of a plurality of configurations of the hands of the avatar representing the user, andwherein the image generator is configured to generate respective facial configurations of the avatar for display to other users viewing the virtual environment by mapping respective ones of the plurality of configurations of the hands of the avatar to the respective facial configurations, so that a hand configuration of an avatar corresponding to a given user provides an indication, to the given user, of the facial configuration of the avatar corresponding to the given user.

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