Augmenting Virtual Reality Content With Real World Content
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorRuxin Chen
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Abstract
Methods, devices, and computer programs for augmenting a virtual reality scene with real world content are provided. One example method includes an operation for obtaining sensor data from an HMD of a user to determine that a criteria is met to overlay one or more real world objects into the virtual reality scene to provide an augmented virtual reality scene. In certain examples, the criteria corresponds to predetermined indicators suggestive of disorientation of a user when wearing the HMD and being presented a virtual reality scene. In certain other examples, the one or more real world objects are selected based on their effectiveness at reorienting a disoriented user.
Claims20
A method for changing a virtual reality scene displayed in a head mounted display (HMD), comprising:
- obtaining sensor data from sensors on the HMD, the sensors including inertial sensors;
- processing the sensor data for determining that a criteria is met to transition from the virtual reality scene to an augmented virtual reality scene to be presented by the HMD, the criteria corresponding to predetermined indicators that are suggestive of disorientation of a user when wearing the HMD and being presented the virtual reality scene, the augmented virtual reality scene being a modified version of the virtual reality scene;
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- overlaying, based on said determining that the criteria is met, at least part of a real world object from a real world view into the virtual reality scene for the augmented virtual reality scene, the real world view being captured by one or more cameras of the HMD.
A method for modifying a virtual reality scene for display in a head mounted display (HMD), comprising:
- obtaining sensor data from sensors on the HMD, the sensors including eye gaze detectors and inertial sensors;
- processing the data for determining that a first criteria is met to transition from the virtual reality scene to an augmented virtual reality scene to be presented by the HMD, the first criteria corresponding to predetermined indicators that are suggestive of disorientation of a user when wearing the HMD and being presented the virtual reality scene;
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- inserting, based on said determining that the first criteria is met, a first real world object into the virtual reality scene, the first real world object being from a real world view provided by one or more cameras disposed in a virtual reality interactive space.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program executable by a processor based system, the computer program for modifying a virtual reality scene for display in a head mounted display (HMD), comprising:
- program instructions for obtaining data from sensors on the HMD, the sensors including inertial sensors;
- program instructions for processing the data for determining that a criteria is met to transition from the virtual reality scene to an augmented virtual reality scene to be presented by the HMD, the criteria corresponding to predetermined indicators that are suggestive of disorientation of a user when wearing the HMD and being presented the virtual reality scene;
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- program instructions for overlaying, based on said determining that the criteria is met, at least part of a real world object onto the virtual reality scene, the real world object being present in a real world view captured by one or more cameras of the HMD.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.