SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING VIRTUAL REALITY CONTENT TO A USER BASED ON BODY POSTURE

• US 20180224928A1
• Filed: 04/02/2018
• Published: 08/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mindshow, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Visionary VR, Inc.
• Inventors: Ross, Jonathan Michael, Baron, Gil, Scharf, Cosmo Raleigh, Patterson, Luke Russell, Parker, Jake Richard, Peters, John Kanikula
• Granted Patent: US 10,452,131 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/12 Healthy persons not otherwise provided for, e.g. subjects of a marketing survey
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0223 Magnetic field sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0077 Devices for viewing the surface of the body, e.g. camera, magnifying lens
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1116 Determining posture transitions
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1121 Determining geometric values, e.g. centre of rotation or angular range of movement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1128 using image analysis A61B5/1127 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6803 Head-worn items, e.g. helmets, masks, headphones or goggles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6814 Head
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6824 Arm or wrist
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6828 Leg
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/332 Displays for viewing with the aid of special glasses or head-mounted displays [HMD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/366 using viewer tracking
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/38 for tracking vertical translational head movements

Abstract

A system and/or method that uses a body posture of a user to determine and modulate a content mode of a virtual reality system. The content mode may define the manner in which virtual reality content is presented to the user and/or the manner in which the user interacts with the virtual reality content. The user'"'"'s body posture and/or a change in body posture may cause the content mode and/or the virtual reality content to change accordingly. In some implementations, primary content may be presented to the user according to a first content mode in response to the user sitting. Secondary virtual reality content may be presented to the user according to the second content mode in response to the user standing. As such, a user may initiate a change in the virtual reality content and/or the content mode by standing from a sitting posture and/or sitting from a standing posture.

Claims

1. A system configured to present content to a user based on body posture, the system comprising:

one or more sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information indicating a body posture of the user in physical space;

a display that presents the content to the user according to content modes that define the manner in which the content is presented to the user and/or the manner in which the user interacts with the content, wherein the content includes virtual reality content and/or augmented reality content such that presentation of the content via the display visually simulates presence of the user within a virtual space that is fixed relative to physical space and/or visually simulates virtual objects superimposed within a real world view of the physical space determined by a view direction of the user, the content comprising first content that is presented to the user according to a first content mode and second content that is presented to the user according to a second content mode, wherein the first content is presented to the user responsive to the body posture of the user corresponding to the first body posture, and the second content is presented to the user responsive to the body posture of the user changing from the first body posture to the second body posture; and

one or more physical computer processors configured by computer-readable instructions to;

determine the body posture of the user based on the output signals, the body posture representing a physical position of a body and/or one or more extremities of the user;

determine a content mode based on the body posture of the user;

effectuate presentation of the content to the user according to the content mode to facilitate a user experience between the user and the content based on the content mode, such that;

responsive to the body posture of the user corresponding to the first body posture, the first content mode is determined and the first content is presented to the user according to the first content mode; and

responsive to the body posture of the user changing to the second body posture, the content mode changes from the first content mode to the second content mode such that the second content is presented to the user according to the second content mode, wherein the second content mode has a different state of interactivity than the first content mode such that the second content mode facilitates a different level of interaction than the first content mode.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the second content is more interactive than the first content such that the second content is less restrictive with respect to the user'"'"'s ability to interact with the content than the first content such that a level of interaction potential is higher for the second content than for the first content.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first content is more interactive than the second content such that the first content is less restrictive with respect to the user'"'"'s ability to interact with the content than the second content such that a level of interaction potential is higher for the first content than for the second content.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first body posture includes one or more of:

a first hand gesture, sitting, standing, reclining, kneeling, a hands-lifted body posture, lying, squatting, and/or a hands in lap body posture.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the second body posture includes one or more of:

a second hand gesture, sitting, standing, reclining, kneeling, a hands-lifted body posture, lying, squatting, and/or a hands in lap body posture.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the first body posture includes a first hand gesture and the second body posture includes a second hand gesture different from the first hand gesture.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical computer processors are configured such that the first content presented to the user according to the first content mode is a story.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the second content presented to the user according to the second content mode includes game content and/or interactive narrative content.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein responsive to the body posture of the user changing from the first body posture to the second body posture, the one or more physical computer processors are further configured by computer-readable instructions to pause the presentation of the first content.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein responsive to the body posture of the user changing from the second body posture to the first body posture, the one or more physical computer processors are further configured by computer-readable instructions to change from the second content mode to the first content mode such that the presentation of the first content is resumed.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more physical computer processors are further configured to adjust the first content presented to the user based on the interaction between the user and the second content.

12. A method for presenting content to a user based on body posture, the method being implemented by a system including one or more sensors, a display, and one or more processors configured by machine-readable instructions, the method comprising:

generating, via the sensors, output signals conveying information indicating a body posture of the user in physical space, the body posture representing a physical position of a body and/or one or more extremities of the user;

presenting, via the display, the content to the user according to content modes that define the manner in which the content is presented to the user and/or the manner in which the user interacts with the content, wherein the content includes virtual reality content and/or augmented reality content such that presentation of the content via the display visually simulates presence of the user within a virtual space that is fixed relative to physical space and/or visually simulates virtual objects superimposed within a real world view of the physical space determined by a view direction of the user, the content comprising first content that is presented to the user according to a first content mode and second content that is presented to the user according to a second content mode, wherein the first content is presented to the user responsive to the body posture of the user corresponding to the first body posture, and the second content is presented to the user responsive to the body posture of the user changing from the first body posture to the second body posture;

determining the body posture of the user based on the output signals, the body posture representing a physical position of a body and/or one or more extremities of the user;

determining a content mode based on the body posture of the user;

effectuating presentation of the content to the user according to the content mode to facilitate a user experience between the user and the content based on the content mode, such that;

responsive to the body posture of the user corresponding to the first body posture, the first content mode is determined and the first content is presented to the user according to the first content mode; and

responsive to the body posture of the user changing to the second body posture, the content mode changes from the first content mode to the second content mode such that the second content is presented to the user according to the second content mode, wherein the second content mode has a different state of interactivity than the first content mode such that the second content mode facilitates a different level of interaction than the first content mode.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the second content is more interactive than the first content such that the second content is less restrictive with respect to the user'"'"'s ability to interact with the content than the first content such that a level of interaction potential is higher for the second content than for the first content.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the first content is more interactive than the second content such that the first content is less restrictive with respect to the user'"'"'s ability to interact with the content than the second content such that a level of interaction potential is higher for the first content than for the second content.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the first body posture includes one or more of:

a first hand gesture, sitting, standing, reclining, kneeling, a hands-lifted body posture, lying, squatting, and/or a hands in lap body posture.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the second body posture includes one or more of:

a second hand gesture, sitting, standing, reclining, kneeling, a hands-lifted body posture, lying, squatting, and/or a hands in lap body posture.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the first body posture includes a first hand gesture and the second body posture includes a second hand gesture different from the first hand gesture.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more physical computer processors are configured such that the first content presented to the user according to the first content mode is a story.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the second content presented to the user according to the second content mode includes game content and/or interactive narrative content.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein responsive to the body posture of the user changing from the first body posture to the second body posture, the one or more physical computer processors are further configured by computer-readable instructions to pause the presentation of the first content.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein responsive to the body posture of the user changing from the second body posture to the first body posture, the one or more physical computer processors are further configured by computer-readable instructions to change from the second content mode to the first content mode such that the presentation of the first content is resumed.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the one or more physical computer processors are further configured to adjust the first content presented to the user based on the interaction between the user and the second content.