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US 9,959,677 B2Granted
Multidimensional graphical method for entering and exiting applications and activities in immersive media
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsAlejandro José Kauffmann, Jon Michael Wiley, Manuel Christian Clement
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Abstract
In one general aspect, a method can include executing, by a computing device, a virtual reality (VR) application, providing, by the computing device, content for display on a screen of a VR headset in a VR space, the content including at least one object being associated with an action, detecting a first movement of a user immersed in the VR space towards the at least one object included in the VR space, and performing the associated action in the VR space based on detecting the first movement.
Claims27
A method comprising:
- executing, by a computing device, a virtual reality (VR) application, the executing displaying first content on a screen of a VR headset;
- providing, by the computing device, an object for display on the screen of the VR headset as a first floating icon by the VR application, the object being associated with an action, the first floating icon being displayed along with the first content, and a location on the screen of the displayed first floating icon being independent of the displayed first content;
- detecting a first movement of a user as movement towards the object;
- in response to the detecting the first movement:
- altering the first content for display on the screen of the VR headset as second content;
- and
- providing, by the computing device, the second content and the object for display on the screen of the VR headset as a second floating icon by the VR application, the second floating icon being displayed along with the second content, and a location on the screen of the displayed second floating icon being independent of the displayed second content;
- subsequent to detecting the first movement, detecting a second movement of the user as movement further towards the object;
- and
- in response to detecting the second movement, performing the associated action including providing third content for display on the screen of the VR headset by the VR application, the third content including content generated by the performing of the associated action.
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A non-transitory, machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause a computing device to:
- execute a virtual reality (VR) application, the executing displaying first content on a screen of a VR headset;
- provide an object for display on the screen of the VR headset as a first floating icon by the VR application, the object being associated with an application configured to provide second content independent of the first content, the first floating icon being displayed along with the first content;
- detect a first movement of a user as movement towards the object, the first movement being rendered with the first content as the user delving into the first floating icon;
- and
- in response to detecting the first movement, execute the application, the executing combining the second content with the first content and providing the combined content for display on the screen of the VR headset by the VR application.
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A system comprising:
- a first computing device;
- and
- a virtual reality (VR) headset operatively coupled to the first computing device, the VR headset including a second computing device and a screen;
- the VR headset being configured to:
- display first content and an object as a first floating icon on the screen, the object being associated with an action, and a location on the screen of the displayed first floating icon being independent of the displayed first content;
- detect, by the second computing device, a first movement of a user as movement towards the object;
- provide, to the first computing device, an indication of the first movement of the user;
- display second content and the object as a second floating icon on the screen, a location on the screen of the displayed second floating icon being independent of the displayed second content;
- detect, by the second computing device, a second movement of the user as movement further towards the object subsequent to detecting the first movement;
- provide, to the first computing device, an indication of the second movement of the user subsequent to providing the indication of the first movement;
- and
- display third content;
- and
- the first computing device being configured to:
- execute a virtual reality (VR) application;
- provide the first content and the object as the first floating icon for display on the screen of the VR headset;
- receive the indication of the first movement of the user;
- in response to receiving the indication of the first movement:
- alter the first content for display on the screen of the VR headset as the second content;
- and
- provide the second content and the object as a second floating icon to the VR headset for display on the screen;
- receive the indication of the second movement of the user;
- and
- perform the associated action including providing third content to the VR headset for display on the screen in response to receiving the indication of the second movement.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.