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Virtual Window in Head-Mounted Display

  • US 20150049018A1
  • Filed: 10/30/2014
  • Published: 02/19/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A head-mountable device comprising:

  • a see-through display;

    a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and

    program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by at least one processor to;

    receive head-movement data that is indicative of head movement;

    cause the head-mountable device (HMD) to operate in a first mode in which the HMD is configured to;

    (a) simultaneously provide a virtual window in the see-through display of the HMD and a physical-world view;

    (b) display, in the virtual window, a portion of a media item that corresponds to a field of view, wherein the field of view is moveable in a substantially continual manner throughout the media item;

    (c) determine, based on the head-movement data, movement of the field of view; and

    (d) update the portion of the media item that is displayed in the virtual window according to the determined movement of the field of view; and

    cause the HMD to operate in a second mode in which the HMD is configured to;

    (e) cause a selection icon and a specific portion of the media item to be displayed in the virtual window;

    (f) determine, based on the head-movement data, movement of the selection icon within the virtual window; and

    (g) move the selection as determined within the virtual window while displayed the specific portion of the media item.

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