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US 9,363,569 B1Granted
Virtual reality system including social graph
OwnerArthur van Hoff, Thomas M. Annau +1inventors
InventorsArthur van Hoff, Thomas M. Annau, Jens Christensen
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Abstract
The disclosure includes a system and method for receiving viewing data that describes a location of a first user's gaze while viewing virtual reality content. The method also determining an object of interest in the virtual reality content based on the location of the first user's gaze. The method also includes generating a social network that includes the first user as a member of the social network. The method also includes performing an action in the social network related to the object of interest.
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A method comprising:
- recording a compressed stream of video data describing a scene using a camera array, the camera array including a set of camera modules that are configured to provide at least a 2× field of view overlap so that each pixel included in the scene is described by a subset of the compressed stream of video data captured by two different camera modules included in the set of camera modules;
- recording a stream of three-dimensional audio data associated with the scene using an array of soundfield microphones;
- generating virtual reality content based on the compressed stream of video data and the stream of three-dimensional audio data, wherein the virtual reality content depicts the scene;
- receiving viewing data that describes a location of a first user's gaze while viewing the virtual reality content;
- determining an object of interest to the first user in the virtual reality content based on the location of the first user's gaze;
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- performing an action in the social network related to the object of interest, wherein the action includes preventing disclosure of at least one of private and embarrassing information by:
- determining a category associated with the object of interest;
- comparing the category to a list of user-approved subject matter to determine whether the category is in the list, wherein the list of user-approved subject matter is subject matter that is not sensitive to the user;
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- responsive to the category being in the list, automatically generating a social network update that describes an interaction of the first user with the virtual reality content based on the viewing data.
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A method comprising:
- recording image data describing a scene using a camera array including a set of camera modules that are configured to provide at least a 2× field of view overlap so that each pixel included in the scene is described by a subset of the image data captured by two different camera modules included in the set of camera modules;
- recording a stream of three-dimensional audio data associated with the scene using an array of soundfield microphones;
- providing virtual reality content that includes a compressed stream of three-dimensional video data that is based on the image data and the stream of three-dimensional audio data with a processor-based computing device programmed to perform the providing;
- determining locations of user gaze of the virtual reality content;
- generating a heat map that includes different colors based on a number of user gazes for each location;
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- automatically providing a first user that is viewing the virtual reality content with a recommendation to look at one or more of the locations in the virtual reality content based on the heat map, wherein the recommendation is at least one of an audio cue, a visual cue, and a combination of the audio cue and the visual cue.
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A method comprising:
- recording image data describing a scene using a camera array including a set of camera modules that are configured to provide at least a 2× field of view overlap so that each pixel included in the scene is described by a subset of the image data captured by two different camera modules included in the set of camera modules;
- recording a stream of three-dimensional audio data associated with the scene using an array of soundfield microphones;
- generating, with one or more processors, virtual reality content that includes a stream of three-dimensional video data that is based on the image data and the stream of three-dimensional audio data;
- providing the virtual reality content to a user;
- receiving viewing data that includes a location of the user's gaze while viewing the virtual reality content;
- determining the location of the user's gaze;
- determining a category associated with an object of interest that is within the location of the user's gaze;
- determining one or more first advertisements that correspond to the category;
- generating graphics for displaying at least one of a bottom portion that is located below feet of the user and a top portion is located above a head of the user in a three-dimensional world;
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- providing the one or more first advertisements to display in at least one of the bottom portion and the top portion of the three-dimensional world.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.