Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Catalin Nicolae Doroftei

Jarnail Chudge

Bradley Neville Cotier

Michael James Belfield Parker

Robert John Wilcox

Matthew Robin Farmer

Oscar James Francis Salandin

Andrei Stefan Ermilov

Hani Nabil Chaaban

Space interaction (SI) functionality is described herein for assisting a user in interacting with a space without unduly distracting the user. The SI functionality includes an application interface module that presents information and/or exposes functionality within a plurality of workspaces. Each workspace has a determined spatial relationship with respect to other workspaces. Further, the application interface module may detect and respond to various gestures, by which the user may move among workspaces and interact with menus and other information that are presented in those workspaces. The user's interaction with these workspaces and menus may be supplemented by various sounds generated by a sound generation module, and/or various haptic cues (e.g., vibration cues) generated by a haptic cue generation module.

User interface functionality for facilitating interaction between users and their environments

A headset is described herein for presenting audio information to the user as the user interacts with a space, e.g., as when a user navigates over a route within a space. The headset may include a set of input mechanisms for receiving commands from the user. The commands, in turn, invoke respective space-interaction-related functions to be performed by a space interaction (SI) module. The headset may operate with or without a separate user computing device.

Facilitating interaction between users and their environments using a headset having input mechanisms

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Catalin Nicolae Doroftei