Google Inc.

Matthew Seegmiller

Dominik Philemon Kaeser

Evan Hardesty Parker

Adam Glazier

Chun-Po Wang

Per Karlsson

Matthias Buhlmann

Robert Carl Jagnow

Andre Le

Ran Tao

Tarik Abdel-Gawad

Han-Wei Chu

Joanna Kim

Nadav Ashkenazi

Michael Podwal

Aleksandr Palatnik

In one general aspect, a method can include triggering display of a virtual environment in a head mounted display (HMD) device operating in a physical environment, triggering display of a first virtual object representing a second virtual object, the first virtual object having a size smaller than a size of the second virtual object, receiving an indication of an interaction of a user with the first virtual object, the user having a first size larger than the size of the first virtual object, and triggering an interaction with the second virtual object in response to an interaction with the first virtual object, the user having a second size larger than the first size when interacting with the second virtual object.

Location globe in virtual reality

A technique may include determining a cumulative movement of an input controller in a physical environment, determining a scaling factor based on the cumulative movement of the input controller in the physical environment, determining a current movement of the input controller in the physical environment for a time period, and registering, in a virtual environment, only a portion of the current movement of the input controller based on the scaling factor.

Input controller stabilization techniques for virtual reality systems

In a system for moving and scaling in a virtual reality environment, a user may a move from a first virtual position in the virtual environment toward a selected feature at a second virtual position in the virtual environment. While moving from the first position toward the second position, a user's scale, or perspective, relative to the user's surroundings in the virtual environment, may be adjusted via manipulation of a user interface provided on a handheld electronic device.

Interactions and scaling in virtual reality

In a system for moving, or dragging, a virtual reality environment, a user wearing a head mounted display (HMD) device may be at a first physical position in a physical space, corresponding to a first virtual position in the virtual environment. The user may select a second virtual position in the virtual environment by, for example, manipulation of a handheld electronic device operably coupled to the HMD. The system may construct a three dimensional complex proxy surface based on the first and second virtual positions, and may move the virtual elements of the virtual environment along the proxy surface. This movement of the virtual environment may be perceived by the user as a move from the first virtual position to the second virtual position, although the user may remain at the first physical position within the physical space.

Dragging virtual elements of an augmented and/or virtual reality environment

In a control system for navigating in a virtual reality environment, a user may select a virtual feature in the virtual environment, and set an anchor point on the selected feature. The user may then move, or adjust position, relative to the feature, and/or move and/or scale the feature in the virtual environment, maintaining the portions of the feature at the set anchor point within the user's field of view of the virtual environment.

Control system for navigation in virtual reality environment

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