Facebook Technologies, LLC

Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Oculus, Vr, LLC

Robert Carey Leonard

Glen Jason Tompkins

Mark Shintaro Ando

Lorenz Henric Jentz

Boyd Drew Allin

Andrew Melim

Khaled Boulos

Derrick Readinger

Elizabeth Tu

Peter Wesley Bristol

Yi-Yaun Chen

The disclosed system may include a substructure configured to support various components, an actuator configured to provide substantially linear motion along a specified axis in response to an electrical input, an input component hingedly coupled to the substructure, where the input component is configured to receive input from a user, and a mechanical linkage coupled to the input component and to at least a portion of the actuator. The mechanical linkage may be configured to translate the substantially linear motion provided by the actuator to a rotary force applied to the input component via the mechanical linkage. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Variable-resistance actuator

A hand-held controller is enables a user to manipulate objects in a VR environment with hand movement. The hand-held controller includes a handle, a ring attached to an end of the handle and one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs). The handle has appropriate shape and dimensions so that it can be grasped by the user's hand. The ring has an outer body that includes an inner surface that is formed with one or more concave dome and an outer surface facing away from the inner surface. Each of the one or more LED is mounted under a concaved dome. Light emitted from the LED spreads at the concaved dome to form uniform illuminous intensity. The light transmits out of the body through the outer surface of the outer body. The light can be captured by a camera for tracking the hand-held controller.

Hand-held controller tracked by LED mounted under a concaved dome

Electronic input device

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Robert Carey Leonard