Sixense Entertainment, Inc.

Danny G Woodall

Amir Rubin

Alejandro Santiago Diaz

Owen Walter Pedrotti

Jeffrey J Bellinghausen

Daniel K Paullus

Steven L Braman

Scott L Szyjewicz

Lup-Yen Peter Young

A method and apparatus is disclosed for assisting a user, wearing a head mounted display (HMD) that covers a user's field of vision and has a tracker providing information regarding the position and orientation of the HMD, in locating a physical controller located on a physical base station. A processor causes the HMD to display a virtual world, including a virtual representation of the physical base station and physical controller along with a virtual hand that helps guide the user to the physical base station to allow the user to pick up the physical controller. Another embodiment allows an area in the physical world to be defined within which the user should remain, for example to avoid physical obstacles. The processor causes the HMD to display a warning, such as a virtual fence, to alert the user if the user approaches to within a preselected distance of the boundary.

System and method for assisting a user in remaining in a selected area while the user is in a virtual reality environment

A method of providing input to a program, such as a video game, that expects input from a mouse and keyboard is disclosed. A plurality of large virtual cells are created on a display, each cell corresponding either to a smaller graphical button displayed by the program or to one or more keystrokes that the program will accept as input. A controller capable of moving the cursor is used to move the cursor onto a virtual cell, and a controller button pressed. An instruction is sent to the program, in the format the program expects, to perform the command corresponding to the user's action. The large virtual cells allow a user to select a command rapidly using various controllers without having to locate the cursor on the small graphical buttons of the program, and are thus well suited to large displays located at some distance from a user.

Display grid for video game input on touchscreen display

System and method for assisting a user in locating physical objects while the user is in a virtual reality environment

Display grid for video game input

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Kirkland, WA, United States of America

Danny G Woodall