Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Richard James Wattles

William Jefferson Westerinen

Steven John Robbins

Sung Ho Son

Lisa M Hanson

Kenneth Jasinski

Kory Adam Gunnerson

Lorenz Henric Jentz

Philip Bryan

Emron Jackson Henry

Monika Wolf

Karl William Vanderbeek

Augmented reality and physical game techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an indication is received by a computing device of a location of a physical gaming piece of a game. An augmentation is computed based on the indication by the computing device to be displayed as part of the game. The augmentation is displayed by the computing device on a display device that is at least partially transparent such that a physical portion of the game is viewable through the display device concurrently with the augmentation.

Augmented reality and physical games

Devices for attaching earpiece to a user's ear are described herein. In one embodiment, an earpiece that is removably attachable to an ear of a user can include a housing that has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. A transducer may be positioned, for example, at the proximal portion of the housing, and a retention member can be elastically coupled to the distal portion of the housing. The retention member and the housing can be configured to compress a portion of the user's ear therebetween in a manner that positions the proximal end portion of the housing in a vestibule of the ear adjacent an entrance to the auditory canal of the user's ear when the earpiece is attached to the user's ear.

Earpiece attachment devices

Growing community of inventors

Seattle, WA, United States of America

Richard James Wattles