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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2017
Hashplay Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Ingo Nadler, Bad Breisig, DE;
HASHPLAY INC., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of determining a region of interest of a user in a virtual environment. The method includes providing at least one first image associated with the virtual environment on a virtual pattern and mapping an RGB texture including an alpha channel on the virtual pattern, wherein the RGB texture comprises a plurality of color channels. Furthermore, the method includes modifying color values of one or more pixels of a first color channel along a change in viewing direction of the user, and of one or more pixels of a second color channel based on a gaze duration along the change in viewing direction of the user. Moreover, the method includes generating an at least one second image based on the modified alpha value of the one or more pixels of the second color channel for determining the region of interest of the user in the virtual environment.