Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Brandon Furtwangler

Matthew Longest

Asaf Nitzan

Eldad Yitzhak

Jennifer Lynn Spurlock

Norah Riley Smith

Matthew Alan Insley

Samuel Matthew Levatich

Andrew C Johnson

Etienne Pinchon

Jason Charles Leimgruber

Michael Medlock

Systems and methods are provided for adjusting a representation of a user's position within an artificial-reality application using a hand gesture. One example method includes, while displaying, via a head-wearable device worn by a user, a representation of a user's position within an artificial-reality environment, in response to receiving an indication that a positional-control activation hand gesture has been performed, displaying a positional-control user interface (UI) overlaid on a portion of the artificial-reality environment, the positional-control UI including a positional-control UI element configured to perform a positional-control action. The example method further includes, while displaying the positional-control UI, in response to receiving an indication that the positional-control UI element has been selected, via a positional-control input hand gesture, causing a change in the representation of the user's position within the artificial-reality environment based on the positional-control action, and displaying a changed representation of the user's position within the artificial-reality environment.

Controlling locomotion within an artificial-reality application using hand gestures, and methods and systems of use thereof

In one embodiment, a computing may display an artificial reality environment to a user wearing an artificial reality device. The artificial reality environment may include at least a first virtual object. The computing system may monitor a motion of a first gesture performed by the user when interacting with the first virtual object. The computing system may determine, using a motion-stabilization profile of the user, a motional range associated with the user. The computing system may compare the motion of the first gesture performed by the user with the motional range associated with the user. The computing system may stabilize one or more second gestures performed by the user during subsequent user interactions in the artificial reality environment responsive to determining that the motion of the first gesture performed by the user exceeds the motional range.

Stabilizing gestures in artificial reality environments

The disclosed computer-implemented method may include generating a virtual item within a virtual environment. The method may also include detecting, using various hardware sensors, a current position of a physical object that is to be portrayed within the virtual environment. The method may next include generating a virtual representation of the physical object within the virtual environment. The virtual representation of the physical object may be configured to at least partially follow movements of the physical object relative to the virtual item. The method may also include presenting the virtual item and the generated virtual representation of the physical object within the virtual environment, where the virtual representation of the physical object is at least partially, controllably decoupled from the movements of the physical object relative to the virtual item. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Controlling interactions with virtual objects

A method includes displaying an artificial reality environment to a user, determining a context in which the user is interacting with the artificial reality environment, and determining, based on the context, that the user intends to use a hand gesture to interact with a target virtual object within the artificial reality environment. The method further includes monitoring, while the user is attempting to interact with the target virtual object, motional patterns of the hand gesture performed by the user with respect to the target virtual object, and generating a motion-stabilization profile associated with the user based on the motional patterns. The motion-stabilization profile is configured to be utilized to stabilize the hand gesture performed by the user during subsequent user interactions within the artificial reality environment.

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Brandon Furtwangler