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Augmented books in a mixed reality environment

  • US 9,165,381 B2
  • Filed: 05/31/2012
  • Issued: 10/20/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of presenting a mixed reality experience to a user viewing a reading material including at least one of text and an image, the method comprising:

  • (a) identifying a position of the reading material in three-dimensional space;

    (b) tracking a position of a user'"'"'s eyes with respect to text or images in the reading material;

    (c) receiving a request for information regarding a portion of the reading material;

    (d) searching for a response to the request for information received in said step (c);

    (e) displaying the response to a user, if found in said step (d), in a first virtual display slate at a position in the user'"'"'s field of view that does not overlap with text and/or images from the reading material;

    (f) pinning the position of the virtual display slate in a fixed position with respect to the reading material in the user'"'"'s field of view; and

    (g) displaying a second virtual display slate to the user, the second virtual display slate included by an author of a software application relating to the reading material, the software application executing on a computing system associated with the mixed reality environment, the second virtual display slate displaying additional information about a portion of the reading material when the user reaches the portion of the reading material.

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