US 9,392,212 B1Granted

System and method for presenting virtual reality content to a user

AssigneeVisionary VR, Inc.

InventorJonathan Michael Ross

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Abstract

This disclosure describes a system configured to present primary and secondary, tertiary, etc., virtual reality content to a user. Primary virtual reality content may be displayed to a user, and, responsive to the user turning his view away from the primary virtual reality content, a sensory cue is provided to the user that indicates to the user that his view is no longer directed toward the primary virtual reality content, and secondary, tertiary, etc., virtual reality content may be displayed to the user. Primary virtual reality content may resume when the user returns his view to the primary virtual reality content. Primary virtual reality content may be adjusted based on a user's interaction with the secondary, tertiary, etc., virtual reality content. Secondary, tertiary, etc., virtual reality content may be adjusted based on a user's progression through the primary virtual reality content, or interaction with the primary virtual reality content.

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Dependent claims

A system configured to present virtual reality content to a user, the system comprising:

one or more sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to a view direction of the user, the view direction of the user corresponding to a physical direction toward which a gaze of the user is directed, the view direction including a first view direction that corresponds to a first physical direction toward which the gaze of the user is directed and a second view direction that corresponds to a second physical direction toward which the gaze of the user is directed;
a display configured to present the virtual reality content to the user such that the presented virtual reality content corresponds to the view direction of the user;
the virtual reality content comprising primary virtual reality content that is presented to the user within a first field of view, and secondary virtual reality content that is presented to the user within a second field of view;
and
one or more physical computer processors configured by computer readable instructions to:
determine the view direction of the user based on the output signals;
cause the display to present the virtual reality content based on the determined view direction such that primary virtual reality content is presented to the user responsive to the view direction of the user being within the first field of view and secondary virtual reality content is presented to the user responsive to the view direction of the user being within the second field of view;
and
cause the display to provide a sensory cue to the user responsive to the view direction of the user changing between the first field of view and the second field of view
wherein the sensory cue comprises a visually perceptible darkening of the primary virtual reality content and a brightening of the secondary virtual reality content.

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A method for presenting virtual reality content to a user, the method comprising:

generating output signals conveying information related to a view direction of the user, the view direction of the user corresponding to a physical direction toward which a gaze of the user is directed, the view direction including a first view direction that corresponds to a first physical direction toward which the gaze of the user is directed and a second view direction that corresponds to a second physical direction toward which the gaze of the user is directed;
determining the view direction of the user based on the output signals;
presenting the virtual reality content to the user such that the presented virtual reality content corresponds to the view direction of the user;
the virtual reality content comprising primary virtual reality content that is presented to the user within a first field of view, and secondary virtual reality content that is presented to the user within a second field of view, the presenting comprising:
causing a display to present the virtual reality content based on the determined view direction such that the primary virtual reality content is presented to the user responsive to the view direction of the user being within the first field of view and the secondary virtual reality content is presented to the user responsive to the view direction of the user being within the second field of view;
and
causing the display to provide a sensory cue to the user responsive to the view direction of the user changing between the first field of view and the second field of view,
wherein the sensory cue comprises a visually perceptible darkening of the primary virtual reality content and a brightening of the secondary virtual reality content.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/489,128Filed 17 Sep 2014 · us provisional application
Priority: 17 Apr 2014
Granted: 12 Jul 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification20 codes

H04N 9/8715
Regeneration of colour television signals: involving the mixing of the reproduced video signal with a non-recorded signal, e.g. a text signal
G02B 27/017
Head-up displays: head mounted
G06F 3/011
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: arrangements for interaction with the…
G06F 3/012
Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality: head tracking input arrangements