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System and method for assisting a user in remaining in a selected area while the user is in a virtual reality environment

  • US 9,851,786 B2
  • Filed: 07/07/2015
  • Issued: 12/26/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of assisting a user wearing a head-mounted display (HMD) in remaining within a selected area of the physical world, the user holding a handheld controller having a controller tracker which provides information regarding a position of the handheld controller, the method comprising:

  • determining, by a processor, a definition of a boundary of the selected area by;

    determining in sequence, by the processor, the location of the handheld controller, in the physical world and relative to a tracker located on the user'"'"'s body, at each of a plurality of points using information from the controller tracker; and

    connecting in sequence, by the processor, the plurality of determined locations to form the boundary;

    determining, by the processor, the position of the handheld controller in the physical world using information from the controller tracker;

    generating and outputting, by the processor, instructions to the HMD to display on the HMD a virtual world;

    determining, by the processor, from the position of the handheld controller that the handheld controller is within a first preselected distance from the boundary;

    generating and outputting, by the processor, instructions to the HMD to display on the HMD a first visual warning in the virtual world.

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