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Jeffrey Alan Kohler

Shawn Crispin Wright

Anthony James Ambrus

James Dack

Arthur Charles Tomlin

Jason Bradley Scott

Stephen G Latta

Adam G Poulos

Cameron Graeme Brown

Michael W McManus

Korey Krauskopf

Daniel Joseph McCulloch

Brian James Mount

Nino Yuniardi

Gary Caldwell

Tracy Dianne Schultz

Quentin Simon Charles Miller

Eric Scott Rehmeyer

Alexander James Hogan

Kevin Geisner

Jonathan Steed

Brian Murphy

Jonathan Gustav Paulovich

Steven P Geffner

Michael Edward Samples

Nicole Danielle Steinbok

Evan Michael Keibler

Todd Omotani

John Copic

Sunil Swami

Craig Hoffman

Peter Fintan Leonard

Eli Tamanaha

Dave Hill

Nina Shih

Thomas Forsythe

Denise Ng

Bram Paperman

Isaac Jacobsen

Andrew Zibits

Edward Daniel Parker

David Douglas Bohn

Christopher Douglas Edmonds

Rod G Fleck

Kathryn Stone Perez

Alex Aben-Athar Kipman

Nicolas A Denhez

Ben J Sugden

Darren Bennett

Denis Demandolx

Ryan Lucas Hastings

Ashraf A Michail

Benjamin Isaac Vaught

Scott Fullam

Sergio Paolantonio

Nicholas Fajt

Anatolie Gavriliuc

Lorenz Henric Jentz

Benjamin Hunter Boesel

Brian C McDowell

Wei Zhang

Lev Cherkashin

Julia Louise Meinershagen

Constantin Dulu

Ian Douglas McIntyre

Alexander Sabo Brodie

Michael Grabner

Karim Audrey Luccin

Omer Bilal Orhan

Eric W Richards

Cedric Patrick Dussud

Sebastian Sylvan

David Anthony Evans

Jeff Cole

Varun Ramesh Mani

Andrew Layne Arnott

Muhammad Jabir Kapasi

Brent Charles Allen

Will Guyman

Minshik Park

Justin Nafziger

Hazem Abolrous

Bradley Van Ee

Phillip Su

Steve Geffner

Doug Herman

Andrew Martin Wand

Cecilia Bong

Miguel Angel Susffalich

Blake Carlton Farmer

Mike Boulton

David Evans

Examples disclosed herein relate to providing a location-based holographic experience. One example provides a head-mounted display device comprising a see-through display, one or more position sensors, a logic subsystem, and a storage subsystem comprising instructions executable by the logic subsystem to obtain data representing a plurality of holographic objects, acquire sensor data via the one or more position sensors to monitor a position of the head-mounted display device along a path of a holographic experience, detect that the position of the head-mounted display device meets a first position-based condition regarding a first holographic object, and display the first holographic object at a corresponding location for the first holographic object.

Location-based holographic experience

In various embodiments, methods and systems for rendering augmented reality objects based on user heights are provided. Height data of a user of an augmented reality device can be determined. The height data relates to a viewing perspective from an eye level of the user. Placement data for a first augmented reality object is generated based on the user height data. The first augmented reality object is rendered based on the user height data, and a second augmented reality object is excluded from rendering based on the user height data.

User-height-based rendering system for augmented reality objects

Various embodiments relating to detecting at least one of conversation, the presence and the identity of others during presentation of digital content on a computing device. When another person is detected, one or more actions may be taken with respect to the digital content. For example, the digital content may be minimized, moved, resized or otherwise modified.

Conversation, presence and context detection for hologram suppression

A head-mounted display (HMD) device may include an at least partially see-through display, one or more location sensors, a communication unit, and a processor. The HMD device may determine at least a location of the one or more location sensors in a physical environment. The communication unit may receive peer location data from at least one peer HMD device in the physical environment. The processor of the HMD device may determine a field of view of the HMD device, identify a display position at which the augmented reality image can be displayed and viewed in the physical environment by the HMD device and the at least one peer HMD device, and display the augmented reality image at the display position on the at least partially see-through display of the HMD device.

Identification of augmented reality image display position

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

Examples are disclosed herein that relate to displaying image data configured to appear behind a real-world surface. One example provides, on a computing device including a display, a method including obtaining depth data representing a real-world scene, identifying a real-world surface of the real-world scene via the depth data, obtaining volumetric image data and surface image data, the volumetric image data configured to appear as being located in a volume behind the real-world surface, receiving a user input configured to remove an area of surface image data corresponding spatially to the real-world surface, and displaying at least a portion of the volumetric image data in a region in which the area of surface image data was removed.

Displaying image data behind surfaces

Disclosed is a self-contained, pluggable tracking system that monitors six degree of freedom ('6DoF') without external apparatus, e.g., visual tracking or magnetic. The tracking core can communicate with a host device and with an external computing device. The external computing device can display a virtual ('VR') or augmented reality (&#x201c;AR&#x201d;) world. The VR or AR world may be supplemented by overlay displays positioned according to the shape of the host device as tracked by the tracking core.

Tracking core for providing input to peripherals in mixed reality environments

A technique is described herein for using a parent computing device and at least one companion computing device to simultaneously interact with an environment. In one implementation, the parent computing device progressively builds parent map information through its interaction with the environment. The technique leverages the parent map information to identify a current pose of the companion computing device. In one case, for instance, the parent computing device sends the parent map information to the companion computing device, and the companion computing device determines its current pose based on the parent map information in conjunction with sensor information collected by the companion computing device.

Interacting with an environment using a parent device and at least one companion device

Examples are disclosed herein that relate to constraining communication among HMD devices. One example provides a computing system comprising a logic machine and a storage machine holding instructions. The instructions are executable to receive, for each of a plurality of head-mounted display devices, vantage point data, determine, for each of the plurality of head-mounted display devices, whether one or more other head-mounted display devices are within a vantage point scope of that head-mounted display device, the vantage point scope being based on the vantage point data of that head-mounted display device, and constrain, for each of one or more head-mounted display devices, delivery of communication data from that head-mounted display device to one or more of the plurality of head-mounted display devices, such constraint based on whether that head-mounted display device is within the vantage point scope of one or more of the plurality of head-mounted display devices.

Constrained head-mounted display communication

In various embodiments, methods and systems for implementing integrated free space and surface inputs are provided. An integrated free space and surface input system includes a mixed-input pointing device for interacting and controlling interface objects using free space inputs and surface inputs, trigger buttons, pressure sensors, and haptic feedback associated with the mixed-input pointing device. Free space movement data and surface movement data are tracked and determined for the mixed-input pointing device. An interface input is detected for the mixed-input pointing device transitioning from a first input to a second input, such as, from a free space input to a surface input or from the surface input to the free space input. The interface input is processed based on accessing the free space movement data and the surface movement data. An output for the interface input is communicated from the mixed-input pointing device to interact and control an interface.

Integrated free space and surface input device

A virtual-reality computing device comprises a pose sensor, a rendering tool, and a display. The pose sensor is configured to measure a current pose of the virtual-reality computing device in a physical space. The rendering tool is configured to receive a holographic animation of a 3D model that includes a sequence of holographic image frames. The rendering tool is also configured to receive a render-baked dynamic lighting animation that includes a sequence of lighting image frames corresponding to the sequence of holographic image frames. The rendering tool also is configured to derive a 2D view of the 3D model with a virtual perspective based on the current pose and texture map a corresponding lighting image frame to the 2D view of the 3D model to generate a rendered image frame of the 2D view with texture-mapped lighting. The display is configured to visually present the rendered image frame.

Texture mapping with render-baked animation

In various embodiments, methods and systems for rendering augmented reality objects based on user heights are provided. Height data of a user of an augmented reality device can be determined. The height data relates to a viewing perspective from an eye level of the user. Placement data for an augmented reality object is generated based on a constraint configuration that is associated with the augmented reality object for user-height-based rendering. The constraint configuration includes rules that support generating placement data for rendering augmented reality objects based on the user height data. The augmented reality object is rendered based on the placement data. Augmented reality objects are rendered in a real world scene, such that, the augmented reality object is personalized for each user during an augmented reality experience. In shared experiences, with multiple users viewing a single augmented reality object, the object can be rendered based on a particular user's height.

A two-dimensional augmentation image is rendered from a three-dimensional model from a first virtual perspective. A transformation is applied to the augmentation image to yield an updated two-dimensional augmentation image that approximates a second virtual perspective of the three-dimensional model without additional rendering from the three-dimensional model.

Augmented-reality imaging

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