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System and method for presenting virtual reality content to a user based on body posture

  • US 9,665,170 B1
  • Filed: 06/10/2015
  • Issued: 05/30/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system configured to present virtual reality content to a user in a virtual space, the system comprising:

  • one or more sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to a body posture of the user in physical space, the body posture including a first body posture that corresponds to the user sitting and a second body posture that corresponds to the user standing;

    a display that presents the virtual reality content to the user according to content modes that define the manner in which the virtual reality content is presented to the user and/or the manner in which the user interacts with the virtual reality content, wherein presentation of the virtual reality content via the display visually simulates presence of the user within a virtual space, the virtual space being fixed relative to physical space such that the physical position and/or view direction of the user dictates which portions of the virtual space are visible to the user, the virtual reality content comprising primary virtual reality content that is presented to the user according to a first content mode and secondary virtual reality content that is presented to the user according to a second content mode, wherein the primary virtual reality content includes passive virtual reality content presented to the user responsive to the body posture of the user corresponding to the first body position and the secondary virtual reality content includes interactive virtual reality content that is presented to the user responsive to the body posture of the user corresponding to the second body position; 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;

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

    facilitate a user experience between the user and the virtual reality content based on the content mode by causing the display to present the virtual reality content to the user according to the content mode, wherein facilitating the user experience between the user and the interactive virtual reality content includes facilitating active participation by the user with the interactive virtual reality content such that the interactive virtual reality content with which the user is interacting is affected by and/or reacts to the user'"'"'s interactions within the virtual space, and facilitating the user experience between the user and the passive virtual reality content includes presenting the passive virtual reality content without facilitating active participation by the users with the passive virtual reality content, such that;

    responsive to the body posture of the user corresponding to the first body posture, wherein the user is sitting, the first content mode is determined and the primary virtual reality content, including the passive virtual reality content, is presented to the user according to the first content mode such that the one or physical processors; and

    responsive to the body posture of the user corresponding to the second body posture, wherein the user is standing, the second content mode is determined and the content mode changes from the first content mode to the second content mode such that the secondary virtual reality content, including the interactive virtual reality content, is presented to the user according to the second content mode.

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