Qualcomm Incorporated

Campfire 3d, Inc.

Wright Strategies, Inc.

Meta View, Inc.

Other

Gerald V Wright, Jr

Avi Bar-Zeev

Alexander Tyurin

Virginia Walker Keating

Matthew Stuart Grob

Serafin Diaz Spindola

Michael Gervautz

Arungundram C Mahendran

Mathias N Kolsch

John James Lechleiter

Steffen Gauglitz

James O'Grady

Per Nielsen

Devender Akira Yamakawa

Erick Mendez Mendez

Joel Simbulan Bernarte

Roy Lawrence Ashok Inigo

Scott Alan Leazenby

Eunjoo Kim

Diego Leyton

Augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) systems described herein can be configured to record images, video, and/or annotations for concurrent communication to a remote system for display or subsequent access. A communication between a user and an expert user using the system can include an audio communication (unidirectional or bidirectional), a video communication from the user to the expert user (allowing the expert user to see, in real time, the same environment as the user), and a data communication (via which content overlaid over the video communication, such as annotations, may be displayed for both the expert user and the user). The systems can be configured to communicate concurrently while also creating a recording for later review based on a 'live' or current issue being faced by a user assisted by an expert where the communication session is recorded for later playback by other users.

Shared augmented reality session recording and playback

An augmented reality collaboration system comprises a first system configured to display virtual content, comprising: a structure comprising a plurality of radiation emitters arranged in a predetermined pattern, and a user device comprising: one or more sensors configured to sense outputs of the plurality of radiation emitters, and one or more displays; one or more hardware processors; and a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by the one or more hardware processors to, for the user device: determine a pose of the user device with respect to the structure based on the sensed outputs of the plurality of radiation emitters, and generate an image of virtual content based on the pose of the user device with respect to the structure, wherein the image of the virtual content is projected by the one or more displays of the user device in a predetermined location relative to the structure.

Augmented reality collaboration system with physical device

A system comprising: a user device, comprising: sensors configured to sense data related to a physical environment of the user device, displays; hardware processors; and a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by the hardware processors to: place a virtual object in a 3D scene displayed by the second user device, determine a pose of the user device with respect to the physical location in the physical environment of the user device, and generate an image of virtual content based on the pose of the user device with respect to the placed virtual object, wherein the image of the virtual content is projected by the one or more displays of the user device in a predetermined location relative to the physical location in the physical environment of the user device.

Augmented reality collaboration system

Systems and methods to provide a mobile computing platform as a physical interface for an interactive space are presented herein. The interactive space may be experienced by a user of a host device (e.g., headset). The interactive space may include views of virtual content. A position and/or heading of the mobile computing platform relative to a perceived position and/or heading of the virtual content of the interactive space may be determined. Remote command information may be determined based on the relative position information and/or user input information conveying user entry and/or selection of one or more input elements of the mobile computing platform. The remote command information may be configured to effectuate user interactions with the virtual content in the interactive space based on user interactions with the mobile computing platform.

Mobile platform as a physical interface for interaction

A shared augmented reality system can support the sharing of video captured by a local user, using a head mounted display (HMD), with a remote user. The remote user may add augmented reality annotations (markings, notes, drawings) to certain objects within the environment captured within the video, where the annotations track the movement of those objects within the shared video. An HMD may not, however, provide a convenient interface for performing certain user-interface intensive tasks, which might be better performed on an additional device such as a mobile phone, tablet, or computer. During a shared augmented reality session, the additional device can be configured to communicate with a HMD such that certain tasks can be performed by the user through the additional device, and other tasks can be performed or experienced through the HMD. The additional device, the HMD and the remote user's device can communicatively coordinate during the session.

Use of coordinated local user devices during a shared augmented reality session

Techniques for managing applications associated with a mobile device are provided. The techniques disclosed herein include techniques for obtaining an image of an object in the view of a camera associated with a mobile device, identifying the object in the image based on attributes of the object extracted from the image, and determining whether one or more applications are associated with the object. If there are one or more applications associated with the real-world object, an application associated with the object can be automatically launched on the mobile device. The association between a real-world object and an application may be identified by a visual indicator, such as an icon, symbol, or other markings on the object that indicates that the object is associated with one or more applications.

Image-based application launcher

A user interface transition between a camera view and a map view displayed on a mobile platform is provided so as present a clear visual connection between the orientation in the camera view and the orientation in the map view. The user interface transition may be in response to a request to change from the camera view to the map view or vice-versa. Augmentation overlays for the camera view and map view may be produced based on, e.g., the line of sight of the camera or identifiable environmental characteristics visible in the camera view and the map view. One or more different augmentation overlays are also produced and displayed to provide the visual connection between the camera view and map view augmentation overlays. For example, a plurality of augmentation overlays may be displayed consecutively to clearly illustrate the changes between the camera view and map view augmentation overlays.

User interface transition between camera view and map view

A master device images an object device and uses the image to identify the object device. The master device determines whether the object device is cable of being interfaced with based on the image and registers with the object device for interfacing. The master device then automatically interfaces with the identified object device. The master device may receive broadcast data from the object device including information about the visual appearance of the object device and use the broadcast data in the identification of the object device. The master device may retrieve data related to the object device and display the related data, which may be display the data over the displayed image of the object device. The master device may provide an interface to control the object device or be used to pass data to the object device.

Interface between object devices initiated with a master device

Methods, apparatuses, and systems are provided to transition 3D space information detected in an Augmented Reality (AR) view of a mobile device to screen aligned information on the mobile device. In at least one implementation, a method includes determining augmentation information associated with an object of interest, including a Modelview (M1) matrix and a Projection (P1) matrix, displaying the augmentation information on top of a video image of the object of interest using the M1 and P1 matrices, generating a second Modelview (M2) matrix and a second Projection (P2) matrix, such that the matrices M2 and P2 represent the screen aligned final position of the augmentation information, and displaying the augmentation information using the M2 and P2 matrices.

Transitioning 3D space information to screen aligned information for video see through augmented reality

A master device images an object device and uses the image to identify the object device. The master device then automatically interfaces with the identified object device, for example, by pairing with the object device. The master device interfaces with a second object device and initiates an interface between the first object device and the second object device. The master device may receive broadcast data from the object device including information about the visual appearance of the object device and use the broadcast data in the identification of the object device. The master device may retrieve data related to the object device and display the related data, which may be display the data over the displayed image of the object device. The master device may provide an interface to control the object device or be used to pass data to the object device.

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Solana Beach, CA, United States of America

Gerald V Wright, Jr