Apparatuses, systems, and methods for representing user interactions with real-world input devices in a virtual space

A virtual reality interface system comprising:

• a head-mounted display;
• a control device that is communicatively coupled to the head-mounted display;
• and
• a keyboard comprising at least one key assembly that comprises:
• a key cap comprising:
• a connector;
• and
• a touch sensor that is communicatively coupled to the control device, wherein:
• when the touch sensor senses a touch event, the touch sensor sends a touch signal to the control device;
• and
• when the touch sensor senses an absence of touch, the touch sensor sends a control signal to the control device;
• and
• a switch that is communicatively coupled to the control device and that is movable between a pressed position and an un-pressed position, the switch comprising a plunger that is movable between an extended position and a compressed position, wherein:
• when the switch is in the pressed position, the plunger is in the compressed position and the switch sends a closed signal to the control device;
• and
• when the switch is in the un-pressed position, the plunger is in the extended position and the switch sends an open signal to the control device;
• wherein the control device:
• receives, from the switch, a switch signal comprising at least one of:
• the closed signal;
• or
• the open signal;
• and
• directs a head-mounted display to present, in a virtual space:
• a visual representation of a fingertip;
• and
• a visual representation of the key assembly;
• and
• animates, when the switch signal includes the closed signal, an actuation of the visual representation of the key assembly by the visual representation of the fingertip by animating the visual representation of the fingertip moving the key assembly from the un-pressed position to the pressed position.

A method comprising:

• sensing a touch event via a touch sensor included in a key cap that is included in a key assembly of a virtual reality interface system;
• determining, while the touch sensor senses the touch event, that a switch included in the key assembly has moved from an un-pressed position to a pressed position;
• and
• directing, while the touch sensor senses the touch event, a head-mounted display included in the virtual reality interface system to present, in a virtual space, a visual representation of the key assembly and a visual representation of a fingertip in contact with a visual representation of an interface surface of the key cap;
• and
• animating an actuation of the visual representation of the key assembly by the visual representation of the fingertip based on sensing the touch event and determining that the switch has moved from the un-pressed position to the pressed position, the animating comprising animating the visual representation of the fingertip moving the key assembly from the un-pressed position to the pressed position.