Systems and methods to facilitate interactions in an interactive space
AssigneeMeta Company
InventorZachary R. Kinstner
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Abstract
Presented herein are systems and methods to facilitate interactions in an interactive space. Interactions may include interactions between one or more real-world objects and one or more virtual objects. The interactions with a virtual object may be facilitated through the use of a secondary virtual object that may be provided as part of the virtual object. Interactions with the secondary virtual object may translated into interactions with the virtual object.
Claims22
A system configured to facilitate interactions in an interactive space, the interactive space including views of a virtual environment, the system comprising:
- a display configured to generate images forming virtual content within the virtual environment, the virtual content having virtual positions within the virtual environment;
- a sensor configured to generate output signals conveying position information, the position information specifying positions of real-world objects within a real-world environment, the real-world objects including a first physical object;
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- one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
- effectuate presentation via the display of an image forming a virtual object in the virtual environment, the virtual object having a first virtual position;
- determine, from the position information and the first virtual position of the virtual object, a perceived distance between the first physical object and the virtual object;
- responsive to the perceived distance being less than or equal to a first distance, effectuate presentation via the display of an image forming a secondary virtual object, wherein the image of the secondary virtual object appears to be a unitary part of the virtual object;
- determine, from the position information and a second virtual position of the secondary virtual object, one or more interactions between the first physical object and the secondary virtual object;
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- modify the images forming the virtual object and the secondary virtual object to reflect the one or more interactions of the first physical object with the secondary virtual object, wherein the one or more interactions between the first physical object and the second ray virtual object are translated into an interaction between the first physical object and the virtual object with the secondary virtual object acting as the extension or the part the virtual object.
(canceled)
A method to facilitate interactions in an interactive space, the interactive space including views of a virtual environment, the method being implemented in a system comprising one or more physical processors, a display, storage media storing machine-readable instructions, and a sensor configured to generate output signals conveying position information, the position information specifying positions of real-world objects within a real-world environment, the real-world objects including a first physical object, the method comprising:
- presenting images forming virtual content within the virtual environment, the virtual content having virtual positions within the virtual environment, the virtual content including a virtual object, the virtual object having a first virtual position;
- determining, from the position information and the first virtual position of the virtual object, a perceived distance between the first physical object and the virtual object;
- responsive to the perceived distance being less than or equal to a first distance, presenting an image forming a secondary virtual object, wherein the image of the secondary, virtual object appears to be a unitary part of the virtual object;
- determining, from the position information and a second virtual position of the secondary virtual object, one or more interactions between the first physical object and the secondary virtual object;
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- modifying the images forming the virtual object and the secondary virtual object to reflect the one or more interactions of the first physical object with the secondary virtual object, wherein the one or more interactions between the first physical object and the secondary virtual object are translated into an interaction between the first physical object and the virtual object with the secondary virtual object acting as the extension or the part the virtual object.
(canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.