Snap Inc.

Dmytro Kucher

Ilteris Kaan Canberk

Shin Hwun Kang

Dmytro Hovorov

Artur Sydoran

James Powderly

Vernon James Carlos Manlapaz

Ivan Fekete

Ihor Kuzin

Example systems, devices, media, and methods are described for presenting an interactive game in augmented reality on the display of a smart eyewear device. A hand tracking utility detects and tracks the location of hand gestures in real time, based on high-definition video data. The detected hand gestures are compared to a library of hand gestures and landmarks. Examples include synchronized, multi-player games in which each device detects and shares hand gestures with other devices for evaluation and scoring. A single-player example includes gesture-shaped icons presented on a virtual scroll that appears to move toward an apparent collision with corresponding key images, awarding points if the player's hand is located near the apparent collision and the detected hand shape matches the moving icon.

Tracking hand gestures for interactive game control in augmented reality

Eyewear presenting text corresponding to spoken words (e.g., in speech bubbles) and optionally translating from one language to another. In one example, an interactive augmented reality experience is provided between two users of eyewear devices to allow one user of an eyewear device to share a personal attribute of the user with a second user. The personal attribute can be speech spoken by a remote second user of eyewear converted to text. The converted text can be displayed on a display of eyewear of the first user proximate the viewed second user. The personal attribute may be displayed in a speech bubble proximate the second user, such as proximate the head or mouth of the second user. The language of the spoken speech can be recognized by the second user eyewear, and translated to a language that is understood by the first user. In another example, the spoken words of a remote person is captured by the eyewear of a user, the position of the remote person is identified, the spoken word are converted to text, and the text is displayed (e.g., in a speech bubble) on an AR display of the eyewear adjacent the remote person.

Augmented reality eyewear with speech bubbles and translation

Augmented reality guidance for guiding a user through an environment using an eyewear device. The eyewear device includes a display system and a position detection system. A user is guided though an environment by monitoring a current position of the eyewear device within the environment, identifying marker positions within a threshold of the current position, the marker positions defined with respect to the environment and associated with guidance markers, registering the marker positions, generating overlay image including the guidance markers, and presenting the overlay image on a display of the eyewear device.

Augmented reality guidance that generates guidance markers

Example systems, devices, media, and methods are described for evaluating movements and physical exercises in augmented reality using the display of an eyewear device. A motion evaluation application implements and controls the capturing of frames of motion data using an inertial measurement unit (IMU) on the eyewear device. The method includes presenting virtual targets on the display, localizing the current eyewear device location based on the captured motion data, and presenting virtual indicators on the display. The virtual targets represent goals or benchmarks for the user to achieve using body postures. The method includes detecting determining whether the eyewear device location represents an intersecting posture relative to the virtual targets, based on the IMU data. The virtual indicators display real-time feedback about user posture or performance relative to the virtual targets.

Virtual evaluation tools for augmented reality exercise experiences

Systems, devices, media, and methods are described for presenting a tutorial in augmented reality on the display of a smart eyewear device. The system includes a marker registration utility for setting a marker on a musical instrument, a localization utility, a virtual object rendering utility for presenting virtual tutorial objects on the display near the instrument, and a hand tracking utility for tracking the performer's finger locations in real time. The virtual tutorial objects, in one example, includes graphical elements presented on a virtual scroll that appears to move toward the instrument at a speed correlated with the song tempo. The hand tracking utility calculates a set of expected fingertip coordinates based on a detected hand shape.

Virtual tutorials for musical instruments with finger tracking in augmented reality

Interactive augmented reality experiences with an eyewear device including a position detection system and a display system. The eyewear device registers a first marker position for a user-controlled virtual game piece and a second marker for an interaction virtual game piece. The eyewear device monitors its position (e.g., location and orientation) and updates the position of the user-controlled virtual game piece accordingly. The eyewear device additionally monitors the position of the user-controlled virtual game piece with respect to the interaction virtual game piece for use in generating a score. Augmented reality examples include a 'spheroidal balancing' augmented reality experience and a “spheroidal balancing” augmented reality experience.

Interactive augmented reality experiences using positional tracking

Example systems, devices, media, and methods are described for presenting an interactive game in augmented reality on the display of a smart eyewear device. A hand tracking utility detects and tracks the location of hand gestures in real time, based on high-definition video data. The detected hand gestures are compared to library of hand gestures and landmarks. Examples include synchronized, multi-player games in which each device detects and shares hand gestures with other devices for evaluation and scoring. A single-player example includes gesture-shaped icons presented on a virtual scroll that appears to move toward an apparent collision with corresponding key images, awarding points if the player's hand is located near the apparent collision and the detected hand shape matches the moving icon.

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Dmytro Kucher