Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

John Copic

Jonathan Gustav Paulovich

Jason Bradley Scott

Shawn Crispin Wright

Jedd Chevrier

Ryan Lucas Hastings

Jeffrey Alan Kohler

Karim Audrey Luccin

Jessica Ellen Zahn

Eric Scott Rehmeyer

Omer Bilal Orhan

David Anthony Evans

Gregory Bishop Bahm

Timothy James Schutz

Peter William Carlson

Michael Casey Lanigan

Haley Nicole Eisenshtadt

Jedd Alexander Chevrier

Methods, computing devices and display devices are disclosed for displaying virtual content at a target location that is determined relative to a shared anchor. Image data of a physical environment may be captured. A shared anchor tag may be identified in the image data. Based on identifying the shared anchor tag, shared anchor tag image data may be transmitted to a server. Based at least on data retrieved by the server, a data packet comprising a shared anchor associated with a second display device is received, wherein the shared anchor defines a three-dimensional location in the physical environment. A hologram is displayed at a target location determined relative to the location of the shared anchor.

Virtual content displayed with shared anchor

A technique is described herein for placing a virtual object within any type of modified-reality environment. The technique involves receiving the user's specification of plural values in plural stages. The plural values collectively define an object display state. The technique places the virtual object in the modified-reality environment in accordance with the object display state. Overall, the technique allows the user to place the virtual object in the modified-reality environment with high precision and low ambiguity by virtue of its guided piecemeal specification of the object display state.

Multi-step placement of virtual objects

Content from a user computing device may be transmitted to at least one recipient computing device. A plurality of avatars is displayed that each represent different recipients associated with recipient computing devices. A group communication session is established among the user computing device and the recipient computing devices. During the group communication session: initial content is transmitted from the user computing device to each recipient computing device; based on determining that the user is gazing at a selected avatar, a private communication session is established between the user computing device and the recipient computing device associated with the selected avatar. During the private communication session, subsequent content is transmitted from the user computing device to such recipient computing device, and is not transmitted to the other recipient computing devices.

Private communication with gazing

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

Systems are provided for synchronizing and desynchronizing mixed-reality datasets between multiple devices. The systems identify multiple users in a mixed-reality environment. The mixed-reality environment is defined by a global mixed-reality dataset. The systems display a synchronized view of the global mixed-reality dataset to each of the multiple users within a shared coordinate system. Additionally, the systems receive a command from a first user within the multiple users to desynchronize from the multiple users. The systems display to the first user a first desynchronized view of the global mixed-reality dataset.

Synching and desyncing a shared view in a multiuser scenario

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a server is provided, comprising a processor configured to produce a combined frame from two or more video streams. The combined frame may include two or more panels, wherein each panel includes one of the two or more video streams. The combined frame may further include panel metadata indicating a set of coordinates for each panel. The coordinates of each panel may indicate a height, width, and position of that panel. The combined frame may further include at least one delimiter region of pixels formed between the panels. The processor may be further configured to transmit the combined frame over a network for output on a display device.

Video stream delimiter for combined frame

In a method to illustrate a weather condition via a near-eye display system, a representation of a geographic region is displayed via the near-eye display system. For each of a series of elevations above the geographic region, a weather-data slice is received, which defines a weather-parameter value for each of a plurality of 2D coordinates at that elevation. A volume-filling weather model is constructed based on the weather-parameter values received for each elevation and 2D coordinate. A digital filter and a coordinate transform are then applied to the volume-filling weather model to obtain a weather-display model, the weather-display model including a display-parameter value for each of a plurality of 3D coordinates. Then, the weather-display model is displayed via the near-eye display system, co-registered to the representation of the geographic region.

Holographic illustration of weather

Examples of providing feedback regarding a scan of a three-dimensional object are described. In one example, a method of computer modeling a three-dimensional object includes computer-tracking a three-dimensional pose of a scanning device relative to the three-dimensional object as the three-dimensional pose of the scanning devices changes to measure different contours of the three-dimensional object from different vantage points, and assessing a sufficiency of contour measurements from one or more of the different vantage points based on measurements received from the scanning device. The example method further includes providing haptic feedback, via a haptic output device, indicating the sufficiency of contour measurements corresponding to a current three-dimensional pose of the scanning device.

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