Transitioning gameplay on a head-mounted display
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsSteven Osman, Xiadong Mao
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Abstract
A method is provided, including the following: presenting gameplay of a video game through a head-mounted display, the head-mounted display being disposed in a local environment; capturing audio from the local environment, and analyzing the captured audio to detect a person speaking in the local environment; responsive to detecting the person speaking in the local environment, presenting a notification through the head-mounted display, the notification providing an option which pauses the gameplay of the video game; responsive to receiving a command indicating selection of the option, pausing the gameplay of the video game.
Claims21
A method, comprising:
- presenting gameplay of a video game through a head-mounted display, the head-mounted display being disposed in a local environment;
- capturing audio from the local environment, and analyzing the captured audio to detect a person speaking in the local environment;
- responsive to detecting the person speaking in the local environment, presenting a notification through the head-mounted display, the notification providing an option which pauses the gameplay of the video game;
- responsive to receiving a command indicating selection of the option, pausing the gameplay of the video game.
A method, comprising:
- presenting gameplay of a video game through a head-mounted display, the head-mounted display being disposed in a local environment;
- capturing images of the local environment, and analyzing the captured images to detect the person speaking in the local environment;
- responsive to detecting the person speaking in the local environment, presenting a notification through the head-mounted display, the notification providing an option which pauses the gameplay of the video game;
- responsive to receiving a command indicating selection of the option, pausing the gameplay of the video game;
- capturing images of the local environment and analyzing the captured images to detect the person speaking in the local environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.