Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Richard Carl Roesler

Jeffrey Jesus Evertt

David M Hill

Emiko Valiane Charbonneau

Andrew William Jean

Alan M Jones

James Dack

Charles W Carlson

Craig Hoffman

John Alexander McElmurray

Travis William Steiner

Chuan Xia

Craig Lee Hoffman

A mixed reality system including a display and camera is configured to receive video of a physical scene from the camera and construct a 3D model of the physical scene based on the video. Spatial sensing provides pose (position and orientation) updates corresponding to a physical pose of the display. First user inputs allow a user to define an input path. The input path may be displayed as a graphic path or line. The input path is mapped to a 3D path in the 3D model. Second user inputs define animation features in association with the 3D path. Animation features include an object (e.g., a character), animation commands, etc. The animation commands may be manually mapped to points on the 3D path and executed during an animation of the object guided by the 3D path.

Mixed reality animation

Technologies described herein provide a mixed environment display of attached control elements. The techniques disclosed herein enable users of a first computing device to interact with a remote computing device configured to control an object, such as a light, appliance, or any other suitable object. Configurations disclosed herein enable the first computing device to cause one or more actions, such as a selection of the object or the display of a user interface, by capturing and analyzing input data defining the performance of one or more gestures, such as a user looking at the object controlled by the second computing device. Rendered graphical elements configured to enable the control of the object can be displayed with a real-world view of the object.

Mixed environment display of attached control elements

Concepts and technologies are described herein for providing enhanced configuration and control of robots. Configurations disclosed herein augment a mobile computing device, such as a robot, with resources for understanding and navigation of an environment surrounding the computing device. The resources can include sensors of a separate computing device, which may be in the form of a head-mounted display. Data produced by the resources can be used to generate instructions for the mobile computing device. The sensors of the separate computing device can also detect a change in an environment or a conflict in the actions of the mobile computing device, and dynamically modify the generated instructions. By the use of the techniques disclosed herein, a simple, low-cost robot can understand and navigate through a complex environment and appropriately interact with obstacles and other objects.

Enhanced configuration and control of robots

Concepts and technologies are described herein for providing a mixed environment display of robotic actions. In some configurations, techniques disclosed herein can execute a set of instructions or run a simulation of the set of instructions to generate model data defining actions of a robot based on a set of instructions. Using the model data, one or more computing devices may generate graphical data comprising a graphical representation of the robot performing tasks or actions based on an execution of the instructions. The graphical data can be in form of an animation showing a robots actions, which may include movement of the robot and the robot's interaction with other objects. Graphical elements showing the status of the robot or graphical representations of the instructions may be included in the graphical data. The graphical data may be displayed on an interface or communicated to one or more computers for further processing.

Mixed environment display of robotic actions

Embodiments that relate to displaying a computer generated image to a viewer via a stereoscopic display system are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment comprises establishing a predetermined threshold distance from an eye of a viewer to a threshold displayed position of a computer generated image. The method includes determining that a vergence distance from the eye of the viewer to a current displayed position of the image is at or below the predetermined threshold distance. Based on the vergence distance being at or below the predetermined threshold distance, a size of the image is increased while maintaining the vergence distance at the predetermined threshold distance as the eye of the viewer moves toward the image.

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Richard Carl Roesler