Aiming display automation for head mounted display applications

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program for user interaction when gaming, the computer-readable medium comprising:

• program instructions for rendering a normal view of a virtual environment of a video game for display in an HMD of a user;
• program instructions for detecting a pose of the user holding a first controller and a second controller indicating that a virtual weapon is being held in a ready position, wherein the first controller is higher in a vertical direction than the second controller;
• program instructions for detecting that the pose of the user indicates that the virtual weapon is raised to a firing position, wherein the first controller and the second controller are within a minimum vertical distance from each other;
• program instructions for detecting that the pose of the user indicates that the virtual weapon is in alignment with a face of the user;
• program instructions for program instructions for detecting that a first eye of the user is closed;
• program instructions for detecting an object in the virtual environment being targeted by the pose that is in alignment with the face of the user;
• program instructions for automatically changing from the normal view of the virtual environment to a scope view for display in the HMD based on the detecting of the object, wherein the scope view includes the object and focuses on a limited area around the object;
• and
• program instructions for rendering a magnified view of the object being targeted in the virtual environment for display in the scope view in the HMD.

A computer system, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory coupled to the processor and having stored therein instructions that, if executed by the computer system, cause the computer system to execute a method for user interaction when gaming, comprising:
• rendering a normal view of a virtual environment of a video game for display in an HMD of a user;
• detecting a pose of the user holding a first controller and a second controller indicating that a virtual weapon is being held in a ready position, wherein the first controller is higher in a vertical direction than the second controller;
• detecting that the pose of the user indicates that the virtual weapon is raised to a firing position, wherein the first controller and the second controller are within a minimum vertical distance from each other;
• detecting that the pose of the user indicates that the virtual weapon is in alignment with a face of the user;
• detecting that a first eye of the user is closed;
• detecting an object in the virtual environment being targeted by the pose that is in alignment with the face of the user;
• automatically changing from the normal view of the virtual environment to a scope view for display in the HMD based on the detecting of the object, wherein the scope view includes the object and focuses on a limited area around the object;
• and
• rendering a magnified view of the object being targeted in the virtual environment for display in the scope view in the HMD.