Transition between virtual reality and real world
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsCarl S. Marshall, Glen J. Anderson, Selvakumar Panneer
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Abstract
Various systems and methods for virtual reality transitions are described herein. A head-mounted display system for providing virtual reality transitions includes a virtual reality transition engine to detect a trigger event initiated by a user of the head-mounted display; a sensor array to determine a real-world environmental condition; and a graphics driver to present virtual reality content in a format based on the real-world environmental condition.
Claims17
A head-mounted display system for providing virtual reality transitions, the system comprising:
- a virtual reality transition engine, implemented in processing circuitry, to detect a trigger event initiated by a user of the head-mounted display system, the trigger event indicating an intent to exit a virtual reality session and remove the head-mounted display system;
- a sensor array to determine a real-world environmental condition;
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- a graphics driver to present virtual reality content in a format based on the real-world environmental condition,
- wherein to present virtual reality content in the format based on the real-world environmental condition, the graphics driver is to:
- determine a location and an intensity of a real-world light source in an environment around the user;
- present a bright area overlaying the virtual reality content in a position that corresponds with the location of the real-world light source;
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- adjust the bright area from a first brightness level to a second brightness level in response to the trigger event, the second brightness level brighter than the first brightness level and the second brightness level closer to the intensity of the real-world light source than the first brightness level.
A method for virtual reality transitions, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform the operations comprising:
- detecting, at a head-mounted display, a trigger event initiated by a user of the head-mounted display, the trigger event indicating an intent to exit a virtual reality session and remove the head-mounted display;
- determining a real-world environmental condition;
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- presenting, by the head-mounted display, virtual reality content in a format based on the real-world environmental condition, wherein presenting virtual reality content in the format based on the real-world environmental condition comprises:
- determining a location and an intensity of a real-world light source in an environment around the user;
- presenting a bright area overlaying the virtual reality content in a position that corresponds with the location of the real-world light source;
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- adjusting the bright area from a first brightness level to a second brightness level in response to the trigger event, the second brightness level brighter than the first brightness level and the second brightness level closer to the intensity of the real-world light source than the first brightness level.
At least one non-transitory machine-readable medium of virtual reality transitions, the at least one machine-readable medium comprising:
- detecting, at a head-mounted display, a trigger event initiated by a user of the head-mounted display, the trigger event indicating an intent to exit a virtual reality session and remove the head-mounted display;
- determining a real-world environmental condition;
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- presenting, by the head-mounted display, virtual reality content in a format based on the real-world environmental condition, wherein presenting virtual reality content in the format based on the real-world environmental condition comprises:
- determining a location and an intensity of a real-world light source in an environment around the user;
- presenting a bright area overlaying the virtual reality content in a position that corresponds with the location of the real-world light source;
- and
- adjusting the bright area from a first brightness level to a second brightness level in response to the trigger event, the second brightness level brighter than the first brightness level and the second brightness level closer to the intensity of the real-world light source than the first brightness level.
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