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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Shawn Crispin Wright, Sammamish, WA (US);
Dan Osborn, Woodinville, WA (US);
Joe Thompson, Seattle, WA (US);
Scott Robert Ramsby, Kirkland, WA (US);
Forest Woodcroft Gouin, Seattle, WA (US);
Megan Saunders, Kirkland, WA (US);
Aaron David Cottle, Redmond, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A head mounted display device and method for contextual cursors comprising a camera configured to capture a series of images, a display, and a processor configured to: display, to a user of the head mounted display device, a virtual cursor on display so as to appear at a location in a three dimensional environment, determine whether motion of a hand of the user in the images is trackable, and in response to at least determining that motion of the hand is trackable, modify a visual appearance of the virtual cursor to indicate that motion of the hand is trackable, and in response to at least determining that motion of the hand is not trackable, modify the visual appearance of the virtual cursor to indicate that motion of the hand is not trackable.