Hover-based user-interactions with virtual objects within immersive environments

  • Eyal Ofek (Inventor)
  • , Michel Pahud (Inventor)
  • , Nathalie Henry Riche (Inventor)
  • , Christophe Hurter (Inventor)
  • , Sasa Junuzovic (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

Systems and methods for enabling user-interactions with virtual objects (VOs) included in immersive environments (IEs) are provided. A head-mounted display (HMD) device is communicatively coupled with a hover-sensing (HS) device, via a communication session. The HMD device provides an IE to a wearer by displaying a field-of-view (FOV) that includes a VO. The user executes user-interactions, such as 2D and/or 3D hand gestures, fingertip gestures, multi-fingertip gestures, stylus gestures, hover gestures, and the like. The HS device detects the user-interactions and generates interaction data. The interaction data is provided to the HMD device via the communication session. The HMD device updates the FOV and/or the VO based on the interaction data. A physical overlay that includes a 3D protrusion is coupled with the HS device. The overlay is transparent to the hover-sensing capabilities of the HS device. The protrusion provides tactile feedback to the user for the user-interactions.
Original languageEnglish
Patent numberUS10514801B2
Filing date15/06/17
Publication statusPublished - 24 Dec 2019

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