Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Brian Kramp

Andrew Lawrence Mattingly

Eddie L Mays

Thomas M Soemo

Steven T Kaneko

Christian Klein

Chaitanya Dev Sareen

Jeffrey Neil Margolis

Alex A Kipman

Adam G Poulos

Shawn Crispin Wright

Ali M Vassigh

Dan Osborn

Scott Robert Ramsby

Forest Woodcroft Gouin

Megan Saunders

Joe Thompson

Jenny Kam

Jeremy Richard Hill

Arjun Dayal

Jonathan Eric Foster

A wearable, head-mounted display system includes a near-eye display to display an augmented reality object perceivable at an apparent real world depth and an apparent real world location by a wearer of the head-mounted display system, and a controller to adjust the apparent real world location of the augmented reality object as a function of a field of view (FOV) of the wearer. The function is based on a bounding region of the augmented reality object and one or more overlap parameters between the bounding region of the augmented reality object and the FOV of the wearer.

Augmented reality field of view object follower

Optimizations are provided for facilitating optimal viewing positions for viewing virtual objects in VR environments. Initially, user selection of a virtual object being rendered in a VR display is detected. Subsequently, an optimal viewing position is dynamically calculated based on one or more characteristic of the virtual object to be viewed. A predetermined triggering event is also detected, and in response to the predetermined triggering event, a scene which is arranged to display the selected virtual object from the optimal viewing position is rendered in the VR display.

Repositioning user perspectives in virtual reality environments

A method and system are disclosed in which a group of people are able to replicate the physical world experience of going with a group of friends to pick a movie, watch the movie together, and provide commentary on the movie itself in the virtual world on a virtual couch while each user is sitting in different physical locations. Additionally, the virtual representation of the destination that the group of people are watching the movie together in can be themed to allow users to watch movies in different locations pivoting on special events or by the users choice.

Avatar integrated shared media experience

A system is disclosed for providing on-screen graphical handles to control interaction between a user and on-screen objects. A handle defines what actions a user may perform on the object, such as for example scrolling through a textual or graphical navigation menu. Affordances are provided to guide the user through the process of interacting with a handle.

Handles interactions for human&#x2014;computer interface

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