Systems and methods for mixed reality transitions
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorGlen J. Anderson
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Abstract
An immersive video display system includes a video display to display an image and a processor coupled with the video display. The displayed image includes an augmented reality image and a virtual reality image at different moments in time. The processor is to modify one of the augmented reality image and the virtual reality image to more closely correspond to the other of the augmented reality image and the virtual reality image, and control the video display to gradually transition from displaying the one of the augmented reality image and the virtual reality image to the other of the augmented reality image and the virtual reality image.
Claims25
An immersive video display system, the system comprising:
- a video display to display, to a viewer, an augmented reality image in an augmented reality environment, or a virtual reality image in a virtual reality environment;
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- a processor coupled with the video display, the processor to:
- modify the augmented reality image or the virtual reality image to more closely correspond to the other, wherein portions of the virtual reality image are stretched by a percentage when the viewer's attention is focused on non-stretched portions of the virtual reality image, and wherein images in a foreground and background of the virtual reality environment are stretched less than images in an intermediate image based on a correlation coefficient with a higher correlation coefficient results in less stretching and a lower correlation coefficient results in more stretching;
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- control the video display to gradually transition between the augmented reality image and the virtual reality image,
- wherein the processor is to add a set of virtual objects in the virtual reality image that correspond with real-world objects in an environment within a line of sight of the video display that are visible in the augmented reality image while controlling the video display to transition from displaying the virtual reality image to displaying the augmented reality image.
A method of transitioning between an augmented reality image and a virtual reality image, the method comprising:
- displaying, to a viewer, an augmented reality image in an augmented reality environment, or a virtual reality image in a virtual reality environment on a video display;
- modifying, by a processor, either the augmented reality image or the virtual reality image to more closely correspond to the other, wherein portions of the virtual reality image are stretched by a percentage when the viewer's attention is focused on non-stretched portions of the virtual reality image to provide perceptual compensation, and wherein images in a foreground and background of the virtual reality environment are stretched less than images in an intermediate image based on a correlation coefficient with a higher correlation coefficient results in less stretching and a lower correlation coefficient results in more stretching;
- gradually transitioning between the augmented reality environment and the virtual reality environment by modifying the display of the augmented reality image or the virtual reality image to the other on the video display;
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- adding a set of virtual objects in the virtual reality image that correspond with real-world objects in an environment within a line of sight of the video display that are visible in the augmented reality image while transitioning from displaying the virtual reality image to displaying the augmented reality image.
At least one non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
- displaying, to a viewer, an augmented reality image in an augmented reality environment, or a virtual reality image in a virtual reality environment on a video display;
- modifying either the augmented reality image or the virtual reality image to more closely correspond to the other, wherein portions of the virtual reality image are stretched by a percentage when the viewer's attention is focused on non-stretched portions of the virtual reality image to provide perceptual compensation, and wherein images in a foreground and background of the virtual reality environment are stretched less than images in an intermediate image based on a correlation coefficient with a higher correlation coefficient results in less stretching and a lower correlation coefficient results in more stretching;
- gradually transitioning between the augmented reality environment and the virtual reality environment by modifying the display of the augmented reality image or the virtual reality image to the other on the video display;
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- adding a set of virtual objects in the virtual reality image that correspond with real-world objects in an environment within a line of sight of the video display that are visible in the augmented reality image while transitioning from displaying the virtual reality image to displaying the augmented reality image.
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