Oculus, Vr, LLC

Facebook Technologies, LLC

Julian James Hammerstein

Phillip Yee

Joseph Patrick Sullivan

Quintin Robert Morris

Nirav Rajendra Patel

Robin Michael Miller

Jason Andrew Higgins

Adam Hewko

Mark Alan Tempel

Oskar Linde

Palmer Freeman Luckey

Ryan Hamilton Brown

Blake Francis Andersen

David Maurice Moore

James Aldrich

Chris Dycus

A system includes a head-mounted display, a device including at least one of a computer and a battery, and a strap. The strap includes a first end connected to the head-mounted display, a second end connected to the device, a service loop, and circuitry extending from the first end through the service loop to the second end to electrically couple the head-mounted display with the device.

Service loop for a head-mounted display

A method of calibrating a first inertial measurement unit (IMU) of a mobile electronic device inserted in a headset includes, when a controller having a second IMU is mounted to the headset: performing a calibration procedure to generate first calibration data for the first IMU and second calibration data for the second IMU; receiving the second calibration data from the controller; determining a difference between the first calibration data and the second calibration data received from the controller; and calibrating the first IMU in accordance with the difference between the first calibration data and the second calibration data. The method further includes, when the controller has been removed from the headset after performing the calibrating, executing a virtual-reality application, comprising generating images based in part on motion data generated by the calibrated first IMU and displaying the images. The motion data corresponds to motions of the mobile electronic device.

Methods and systems for calibrating an inertial measurement unit of an electronic device

Embodiments relate to a metal frame in a head-mounted display (HMD) that is structured to absorb impact and protect components of the HMD. The metal frame has a wall that is spaced away from a protection shell securing a display panel in the HMD. When the HMD is dropped or subject to external force, the wall may deform but keep the protection shell intact. Moreover, the metal frame has protruding ridges and brackets that surround outward facing cameras on the HMD. If the HMD is dropped, the protruding ridges and brackets can provide protection to the cameras.

Metal frame of head mount device having impact absorbing walls

Handheld controllers are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the controller includes a main body and a sensor assembly at least partially disposed in the main body. The sensor assembly can include a control surface (e.g., a button) configured to receive at least a portion of a user's finger. A sensor portion can be disposed between the control surface and a rear member. The sensor portion can comprise a foam layer, a backing layer and a sensor layer between the foam layer and the backing layer. The foam layer can be compressed toward the control surface to minimize an air gap between the sensor layer and the control surface.

Handheld controller with trigger button and sensor retainer assembly

Head-mounted display

A system maps a user's interaction with a game controller to predefined hand positions that can be used in gaming and multimedia applications. A game controller with sensors receives user input with capacitive sensors and generates sensor outputs. A controller modeling module receives the sensor outputs and trains a model based on the outputs. The trained kinematic model maps the sensor outputs to one or more of a plurality of predefined hand positions. When an application requests the status of a user's hand position, e.g., through an API, the mapped hand position is sent to the application.

Mapping user interactions with a controller to a hand position

A head-mounted display assembly with a headphone retention mechanism. The head-mounted display assembly includes a display housing, a headphone assembly, a headphone storage region located on the body of the display housing, and a headphone retention mechanism at the headphone storage region. The headphone retention mechanism includes a magnetic element configured to produce a magnetic field that releasably retains the headphone assembly against the headphone storage region when a user positions the headphone assembly in the vicinity of the headphone storage region.

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Atherton, CA, United States of America

Julian James Hammerstein