Vulcan Inc.

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Eric Thomas Smith

Robert Novitskey

Richard Earl Simpkinson

Peter Alexi Gurevich

George Arthur Herbert, Iii

Yi-Lei Wu

Erik R Ashby

Eric M Borzello

Larry Jack Israel

Jacob Richard Pitts

Joseph Sheedy

Danny Thayer

Carlos Miguel Lugtu

Bruce Wiedeman

Mukunda Murthy

Jonathan McElroy

Bala Murali Loganath

A visual characteristic on a physical surface in the physical space is determined from an image of a physical space, with the physical surface including a first area inside the visual characteristic and a second area outside of the visual characteristic. A first region of virtual space that corresponds to the first area and a second region of virtual space that corresponds to the second area is determined based at least in part on the visual characteristic. Information that includes a position and orientation of a digital object relative to the first region and the second region in the virtual space is determined based at least in part on the visual characteristic. The digital object is rendered at a position and orientation in the virtual space in accordance with the information.

Augmented reality techniques

Methods, systems, and techniques for enhancing a live sporting event using augmented reality are provided. Example embodiments provide an Augmented Reality Live Game Enhancement System ('ARLGES'), which enables users to see augmentations appear as if they are 'live' on the sports field as they are watching the game. The user is able to see and interactive with these augmentations using his or her mobile device without taking his or her eyes off of the field. In some deployments, the mobile device is a cellular smartphone with an (optional) modified virtual headset. The user can view the augmentations using the camera of the phone. The ARLGES provides specific techniques for locating the user's position and for rendering augmentations that are specific to each user. This requires specialized rendering techniques because the user's mobile device positions and chroma values are determined dynamically as they do not originate from fixed or known cameras.

Augmented reality for enhancing sporting events

Technologies are generally described for collecting, analyzing and reporting telemetry data. A telemetry engine is built into a client application installed on a client device, and the telemetry engine is configured to collect and analyze application data at the client device and report the analyzed data to a service provider associated with the application. The telemetry application includes a specialized set of components, such as a telemetry transport component configured to communicate with the service provider, a data collection module configured to retrieve data from the application, and a rule manager and analyzer configured to analyze collected data according to a set of data collection rules provided by the service provider. The telemetry engine enables collection and analysis of telemetry data from multiple distributed client devices. The client devices dynamically change over time to ensure that current and important information is reported to the service provider.

Dynamic collection analysis and reporting of telemetry data

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