Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Google Inc.

Thomas Salter

Ben J Sugden

Alex A Kipman

Robert L Crocco, Jr

Nicholas Ferianc Kamuda

Laura K Massey

Peter Tobias Kinnebrew

Brian E Keane

Daniel Deptford

Stephen G Latta

Daniel Joseph McCulloch

Relja Markovic

Jason Bradley Scott

Ryan Lucas Hastings

Cameron Graeme Brown

Nicholas Fajt

Michael Scavezze

Tony Ambrus

Jamie Bryant Kirschenbaum

John Bevis

Zachary Quarles

Michael Klucher

Christian Michael Sadak

Kenneth Liam Kiemele

Michael Robert Thomas

Charles W Lapp, Iii

Timothy Samuel Psiaki

Jeffrey Wallace McGlynn

Jessica Liu

Jeffrey Mcglynn

Aaron Mackay Burns

Optimizations are provided for facilitating an improved transition between a real-world environment and a virtual reality environment. Initially, use of a HMD is detected and one or more real-world physical objects within a threshold proximity to the HMD are identified. Subsequently, a replicated environment, which includes virtual representations of the real-world physical object(s), is obtained and rendered in a virtual reality display. The replicated environment is transitioned out of view and a VR environment is subsequently rendered in the virtual reality display. In some instances, rendering of virtual representations of real-world physical objects into the VR environment occurs is response to detected triggering event.

Transitioning into a VR environment and warning HMD users of real-world physical obstacles

An example method of testing Augmented Reality (AR) applications is described. In an example implementation, the method includes initiating an AR application that is targeted for testing. The example method further includes controlling a physical model to simulate movement of a simulated device in a simulated real-world space. The simulated movement of the physical model generates data for testing the AR application. In some implementations, the method may further include initiating the AR application to run on a device simulator and using a virtual environment.

Enhancements to support testing of augmented reality (AR) applications

Embodiments are disclosed that relate to operating a user interface on an augmented reality computing device comprising a see-through display system. For example, one disclosed embodiment includes identifying one or more objects located outside a field of view of a user, and for each object of the one or more objects, providing to the user an indication of positional information associated with the object.

Indicating out-of-view augmented reality images

Embodiments that relate to presenting a plurality of visual information density levels for a plurality of geo-located data items in a mixed reality environment are disclosed. For example, in one disclosed embodiment a graduated information delivery program receives information for a first geo-located data item and provides a first visual information density level for the item to a head-mounted display device. When a spatial information density of geo-located data item information is below a threshold, the program provides a second visual information density level greater than the first level for a second geo-located data item displayed.

Mixed reality graduated information delivery

Embodiments that relate to presenting a plurality of visual information density levels for a plurality of geo-located data items in a mixed reality environment are disclosed. For example, in one disclosed embodiment a graduated information delivery program receives information for a selected geo-located data item and provides a minimum visual information density level for the item to a head-mounted display device. The program receives via the head-mounted display device a user input corresponding to the selected geo-located data item. Based on the input, the program provides an increasing visual information density level for the selected item to the head-mounted display device for display within the mixed reality environment.

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Thomas Salter