Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Benjamin Elliott Tunberg Rogoza

Peter Wesley Bristol

Yi-Yaun Chen

Raymond Lee

James Stocker Webb

Eric B Daniels

Jason Andrew Higgins

Sharvil Shailesh Talati

Bradley Morris Johnson

Igor Markovsky

Ines Le Bihan

Jaykishan Dakshesh Choksi

Punit Narendra Govenji

A handheld controller configured to be held by a user's hand. The handheld controller comprising a main body, and a handle extending from the main body, wherein the handle has a palm side and a finger side. A control button is positioned on the main body or handle, and a detection sensor is on the handle. The detection sensor is positioned to detect the presence of the finger or palm of a user's hand engaging the handle. The detection sensor can be a capacitive touch sensor, a proximity sensor or other detection sensor operative to detect the touch or spatial presence of the user's hand or fingers.

Handheld controller with hand detection sensors

A disclosed system may include (1) an artificial-reality display dimensioned to be worn by a user, the artificial-reality display comprising (A) a battery and (B) at least one recipient charging element, and (2) a charging case dimensioned to accommodate the artificial-reality display, the charging case comprising (A) at least one source charging element configured to interface with the recipient charging element of the artificial-reality display to facilitate charging the battery of the artificial-reality display and (B) at least one alignment guide that forces the recipient charging element of the artificial-reality display to energizingly couple with the source charging element of the charging case. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

Apparatus, system, and method for charging artificial-reality displays

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Leavenworth, WA, United States of America

Benjamin Elliott Tunberg Rogoza