Cockpit replica based on virtual reality
AssigneeLoft Dynamics AG
InventorsSimon Kassian Locher, Christian Marty
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Abstract
VR cockpit replication includes sensing a physical position of a user in a flight simulator with at least one pose tracking sensor. The flight simulator has a physical replication of a cockpit with interactable hardware. The sensed physical position of the user is displayed in a virtual replication of the cockpit using a head-mounted display (HMD) device wearable by the user in the flight simulator. The VR cockpit replication may provide synchronization of haptic and visual feedback between a physical interaction of the user and the interactable hardware with the sensed physical position of the user displayed in the virtual replication of the cockpit.
Claims20
A virtual reality (VR) cockpit replication system comprising:
- a flight simulator having a physical replication of a cockpit with interactable hardware;
- a head-mounted display (HMD) device wearable by a user in the flight simulator, the HMD device configured to display a virtual replication of the cockpit;
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- at least one pose tracking sensor sensing a physical position of the user, wherein the sensed physical position of the user is displayed in the virtual replication of the cockpit in the HMD device.
A method of virtual reality (VR) cockpit replication comprising:
- sensing a physical position of a user in a flight simulator with at least one pose tracking sensor, wherein the flight simulator has a physical replication of a cockpit with interactable hardware;
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- displaying the sensed physical position of the user in a virtual replication of the cockpit using a head-mounted display (HMD) device wearable by the user in the flight simulator.
A method of synchronizing haptic and visual feedback in a virtual reality (VR) flight simulator, comprising:
- sensing measurement data of a physical position of a user in a flight simulator with at least two pose tracking sensors located in different positions;
- generating a 3D representation of a body of the user based on the sensed measurement data;
- combining the 3D representation of the body of the user with user input data derived from interactable hardware in the flight simulator;
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- displaying, in a head-mounted display (HMD) device worn by the user, a simulated environment with a VR visualization of the 3D representation of the body of the user, thereby accurately displaying physical positions of the body of the user relative to the interactable hardware in the VR visualization.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.