Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Edward Daniel Parker

Arthur Charles Tomlin

Adam G Poulos

Jeffrey Alan Kohler

Anthony James Ambrus

James Dack

Eric Scott Rehmeyer

Christopher Douglas Edmonds

Daniel Joseph McCulloch

Nicolas A Denhez

Cameron Graeme Brown

Nicholas Fajt

Benjamin Hunter Boesel

Lorenz Henric Jentz

Michael Edward Samples

Lev Cherkashin

Constantin Dulu

Michael Grabner

Varun Ramesh Mani

Muhammad Jabir Kapasi

Brent Charles Allen

Cecilia Bong

Miguel Angel Susffalich

In embodiments of a camera-based input device, the input device includes an inertial measurement unit that collects motion data associated with velocity and acceleration of the input device in an environment, such as in three-dimensional (3D) space. The input device also includes at least two visual light cameras that capture images of the environment. A positioning application is implemented to receive the motion data from the inertial measurement unit, and receive the images of the environment from the at least two visual light cameras. The positioning application can then determine positions of the input device based on the motion data and the images correlated with a map of the environment, and track a motion of the input device in the environment based on the determined positions of the input device.

Position-determining input device

A head-mounted display device may display a holographic element with a portable control device. Image data of a physical environment including the control device may be received and used to generate a three dimensional model of at least a portion of the environment. Using position information of the control device, a holographic element is displayed with the control device. Using the position information, it is determined that the control device is within a predetermined proximity of either a holographic object or a physical object. Based on determining that the control device is within the predetermined proximity, the displayed holographic element is modified.

Control device with holographic element

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