Google Inc.

Erik Hubert Dolly Goossens

Byeong Seon Oh

Hayes Solos Raffle

Maaike Louise Evers

Michael Arthur Simonian

Albert Lee

Phan Thao Benno Dang

Gerald Kirk McGinty, Jr

Dan Odell

Basheer Tome

Antonio Bernardo Monteiro Costa

Alejandro José Kauffmann

Damien Henry

Hannes Harms

Qifeng Liang

Robert J Anderson

Steven Maxwell Seitz

Joshua L Weaver

Carlos Hernandez Esteban

Sofien Bouaziz

Seth Taylor Raphael

David Robert Gallup

Sandeep Singh Waraich

Xinda Hu

Christopher Edward Hoover

Jonathan James Taylor

Xavier Benavides Palos

Ronghui Zhu

Cem Keskin

Matthew Thomas Valente

Joost Korngold

Michael Krainin

Nidhi Rathi

Eric Allan MacIntosh

Changchang Wu

Andrew Nartker

Qinge Wu

Grant Yoshida

Antonio Bernardo Montiero Costa

Xiaohui Tao

Catherine Boulanger

Described techniques enable displaying a plurality of positions arranged around a central location on a display, the plurality of positions including at least one empty position and filled positions displaying a first subset of list elements, the filled positions including an adjacent position that is adjacent to the at least one empty position. Movement of a gaze point may be tracked, relative to the filled positions and around the central location towards the at least one empty position. The at least one empty position may be filled with a list element of the list elements, and the adjacent position may be emptied to thereby display a second subset of the list elements.

List navigation with eye tracking

A head-mounted device (HMD) can be configured to determine a request for recognizing at least one content item included within content framed within a display of the HMD. The HMD can be configured to initiate a head-tracking process that maintains a coordinate system with respect to the content, and a pointer-tracking process that tracks a pointer that is visible together with the content within the display. The HMD can be configured to capture a first image of the content and a second image of the content, the second image including the pointer. The HMD can be configured to map a location of the pointer within the second image to a corresponding image location within the first image, using the coordinate system, and provide the at least one content item from the corresponding image location.

Pointer-based content recognition using a head-mounted device

A computer-implemented method is described for configuring interaction zones for a virtual reality environment. The method may include defining a plurality of scenes, each scene including a plurality of selectable scene cuts and defining a first interaction zone and a second interaction zone. The method may also include automatically selecting a first scene cut to display the first scene, in response to detecting that a gaze direction, associated with a user accessing the virtual reality environment, is directed toward the first interaction zone. The method may also include automatically selecting a second scene cut to display the second scene, in response to detecting that the gaze direction, associated with the user accessing the virtual reality environment, is directed toward the second interaction zone. The first or second scenes may be triggered for display in a head mounted display device.

Editing cuts in virtual reality

A headset for experiencing an augmented and/or a virtual reality environment may include a housing defining an interior cavity, with optical components received in the interior cavity of the housing. A front face may be rotatably coupled to a front portion of the housing to selectively enclose the interior of the housing. A computing device including a display may be received in a slot defined between the front portion of the housing and the front face. A face pad may be removably coupled to the housing, opposite the front face, so as to enclose the optical components in the housing. A user may view an augmented/virtual reality environment displayed on the display through the optical components received in the housing. An adjustable head strap assembly may adjustably position the headset on the head of the user.

Augmented and/or virtual reality headset

Systems, devices, and apparatuses for a switchable augmented reality and virtual reality device are provided. An example device includes a handle, a device chamber, a viewport assembly, and a hinge assembly. The handle may be formed from folded sheets of material. The example device chamber is coupled to the handle and formed from folded sheets of material. The viewport assembly may be formed at least in part from folded sheets of material. The example hinge assembly pivotably couples the device chamber to the viewport assembly. For example, the hinge assembly may be operable to adjust the device between a virtual reality configuration and an augmented reality configuration. A display of a computing device held in the device chamber may be viewable through the viewport assembly in the virtual reality configuration and the display may be viewable without the viewport assembly in the augmented reality configuration.

Switchable virtual reality headset and augmented reality device

A computer-implemented technique can include establishing, between a computing device and a mobile computing device, a short-range wireless communication link. In response to establishing the communication link, the computing device can provide a selectable option for a user to attach a media item to an electronic document accessed by the computing device. In response to a user selection of the selectable option, the computing device can transmit, to the mobile computing device via the communication link, a command, wherein receipt of the command causes the mobile computing device to initiate a media capture mode. The computing device can then receive, from the mobile computing device via the communication link, the captured media item and, in response to receiving the captured media item, the computing device can attach the captured media item to the electronic document.

Techniques for attaching media captured by a mobile computing device to an electronic document

A product packaging includes: a sleeve forming a first opening to an interior; and a product display configured to be contained within the interior when the product packaging is in a closed state, the product display including a lid that is configured to close the first opening in the closed state, and to begin, upon the lid being pulled, extraction of the product display from the sleeve into a presentation state.

Product packaging

Virtual reality headset

Combined smartphone package and virtual reality headset

Systems and methods are related to a camera rig and generating stereoscopic panoramas from captured images for display in a virtual reality (VR) environment.

Camera rig and stereoscopic image capture

In an implementation, a virtual reality (VR) headset can include a plurality of structural components. Each structural component can be formed from a respective cardboard sheet. The plurality of structural components can include a plurality of flaps that define an opening for placement of the VR headset near or against a face of a user in a first configuration, an internal wall of the VR headset, a bottom wall of the VR headset, a lens frame assembly, a top wall of the VR headset and an enclosure flap hingeably coupled with the bottom wall of the VR headset. The enclosure flap can, in a first configuration, secure an electronic device in the VR headset against the internal wall. In a second configuration, the enclosure flap can enclose the plurality of flaps that define the opening between the internal wall and the enclosure flap.

In a general aspect, an apparatus can include a base portion that is open on a first side, and a first lens and a second lens disposed within a second side of the base portion. The apparatus can also include a ledge disposed around at least a portion of an interior perimeter of the base portion, the ledge being configured to physically support an electronic device inserted from the first side of the base portion. The apparatus can further include a lid portion that is open on a first side and closed on a second side, and a hinge that couples the base portion with the lid portion. The base portion, the lid portion and the hinge can be configured such that the base portion and the lid portion are hingeably moveable, relative to one another, between an open position and a closed position.

Integrated mobile device packaging and virtual reality headset

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Erik Hubert Dolly Goossens