Methods and apparatus to use predicted actions in virtual reality environments
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1. A method comprising:
- predicting a predicted time of a predicted virtual contact of a virtual reality controller with a virtual object within a virtual environment displayed by head-mounted device;
determining, based on at least one parameter of the predicted virtual contact and a predicted latency, a characteristic of a virtual output to be produced by the virtual object in response to the virtual contact; and
initiating producing the virtual output in response to the predicted latency of the virtual contact of the virtual reality controller with the virtual object being determined.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to use predicted actions in VR environments are disclosed. An example method includes predicting a predicted time of a predicted virtual contact of a virtual reality controller with a virtual object, determining, based on at least one parameter of the predicted virtual contact, a characteristic of a virtual output the object would make in response to the virtual contact, and initiating producing the virtual output before the predicted time of the virtual contact of the controller with the virtual object.
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1. A method comprising:
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predicting a predicted time of a predicted virtual contact of a virtual reality controller with a virtual object within a virtual environment displayed by head-mounted device; determining, based on at least one parameter of the predicted virtual contact and a predicted latency, a characteristic of a virtual output to be produced by the virtual object in response to the virtual contact; and initiating producing the virtual output in response to the predicted latency of the virtual contact of the virtual reality controller with the virtual object being determined. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and
a non-transitory machine-readable storage media storing instruments that, when executed, causes the processor to;determine a current location, a current direction and a current velocity of a virtual reality controller with respect to a virtual object within a virtual environment displayed by a head-mounted device; predict a predicted time of a predicted virtual contact of the virtual reality controller with the virtual object;
initiate producing a virtual output based on the predicted time of the virtual contact of the virtual reality controller with the virtual object; anddetermine a predicted future location based on at least the current location, the current direction and the current velocity. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory machine-readable media storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
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predict a predicted time of a predicted virtual contact of a virtual reality controller with a virtual object within a virtual environment displayed by a head-mounted device; determine, based on at least one parameter of the predicted virtual contact and a predicted latency, a characteristic of a virtual output to be produced by the virtual object in response to the virtual contact; and initiate producing the virtual output in response to the predicted latency of the virtual contact of the virtual reality controller with the virtual object being determined. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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