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Jonathan David Hildebrandt

Roderick Michael Toll

C Shane Evans

Kareem A Choudhry

Jeroen Vanturennout

Gavin Dean Lazarow

Tushar Cyril Bhatnagar

Ethan Eade

Gregg Robert Wygonik

Gabriel Takacs

David Fields

David Maxwell Gedye

Michael Grabner

Jason Randall Wadsworth

Alex Christopher Turner

Evan Lincoln Tice

Erik Manfred Schulz

Richard Renchi Ma

Neena Kamath

A computing device and method are provided for accelerating the coarse relocalization process of the computing device by generating a current fingerprint using signal data detected by sensors, statistically analyzing the current fingerprint for proximity to candidate fingerprints in fingerprint data to generate a ranked list, and subsequently retrieving map data corresponding to the closest matching fingerprints in the ranked list. The computing device may comprise a processor, a memory operatively coupled to the processor, and a fingerprint program stored in the memory and executed by the processor.

Coarse relocalization using signal fingerprints

A computing device is provided, including a display configured to display a plurality of holograms superimposed upon a physical environment. The computing device may further comprise a processor configured to store in non-volatile memory a representation of the physical environment, including a plurality of hologram anchors indicating locations at which the holograms are displayed. The processor may store a priority level of each hologram anchor, wherein each priority level is selected from a plurality of priority levels including a high priority level and a low priority level, and wherein at least one hologram anchor has the low priority level. The processor may determine that a total size of the plurality of hologram anchors exceeds a predetermined size threshold. The processor may, for at least one hologram anchor assigned the low priority level, delete that hologram anchor from the representation of the physical environment.

Hologram anchor prioritization

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Parental controls for entertainment content

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