Hybrid Display Systems and Methods
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1. A hybrid display system comprising:
- a dome in which a system user may enter, the dome including an inner surface;
a projector configured to project a background image on the dome inner surface that the user can view; and
a head-mounted display (HMD) that the user can wear, the HMD being configured to display an insert image to the user simultaneous to the projection of the background image so that the user can view a hybrid image comprising both the background image of the dome and the insert image of the HMD.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a hybrid display system includes a dome in which a system user may enter, the dome including an inner surface, a projector configured to project a background image on the dome inner surface that the user can view, and a head-mounted display (HMD) that the user can wear, the HMD being configured to display an insert image to the user simultaneous to the projection of the background image so that the user can view a hybrid image comprising both the background image of the dome and the insert image of the HMD.
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1. A hybrid display system comprising:
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a dome in which a system user may enter, the dome including an inner surface; a projector configured to project a background image on the dome inner surface that the user can view; and a head-mounted display (HMD) that the user can wear, the HMD being configured to display an insert image to the user simultaneous to the projection of the background image so that the user can view a hybrid image comprising both the background image of the dome and the insert image of the HMD. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A hybrid display system comprising:
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an inverted dome in which a user can enter, the dome including an inner surface that surrounds the user so as to be capable of displaying substantially 360°
panoramic images to the user;a projector positioned above the display dome and forward of the user, the projector being configured to project a relatively low-resolution background image on the dome inner surface for the user to view; a see-through head-mounted display (HMD) that the user can wear, the HMD being configured to display relatively high-resolution insert images to the user simultaneous to the projection of the relatively low-resolution background image so that the user can view a hybrid image comprising both the relatively low-resolution background image of the dome and the relatively high-resolution insert image of the HMD; a head-tracking system configured to determine the position and orientation of the user'"'"'s head; and a computer system configured to determine the portion of the dome inner surface, and background image, at which the user is presumably looking based upon the head position and orientation determination and to control the high-resolution insert image to coincide and be in registration with the portion of the background image at which the user is presumably looking. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for displaying a hybrid image to a user, the method comprising:
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generating a background image to be displayed on a surface of a dome in which the user is positioned; generating an insert image for display in a see-through head-mounted display (HMD) that the user is wearing; and projecting the background image onto the dome surface and simultaneously displaying an insert image to the user in the HMD such that the user can view a hybrid image that comprises both the background image and the insert image. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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