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AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsAlex Kipman, Kudo Tsunoda, Todd Eric Holmdahl, John Clavin, Kathryn Stone Perez
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A system to present the user a 3-D virtual environment as well as non-visual sensory feedback for interactions that user makes with virtual objects in that environment is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a system comprising a depth camera that captures user position and movement, a three-dimensional (3-D) display device that presents the user a virtual environment in 3-D and a haptic feedback device provides haptic feedback to the user as he interacts with a virtual object in the virtual environment. As the user moves through his physical space, he is captured by the depth camera. Data from that depth camera is parsed to correlate a user position with a position in the virtual environment. Where the user position or movement causes the user to touch the virtual object, that is determined, and corresponding haptic feedback is provided to the user.
A system for providing non-visual sensory feedback to a user interacting with a virtual object, comprising:
A method for providing non-visual sensory feedback to a user interacting with a virtual object, comprising:
A computer-readable storage medium excluding signals bearing computer-readable instructions that, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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