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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2016
Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Sean Jason Keller, Kirkland, WA (US);
Tristan Thomas Trutna, Seattle, WA (US);
Garett Andrew Ochs, Seattle, WA (US);
Selso Luanava, Woodinville, WA (US);
Nicholas Roy Corson, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Laura Cristina Trutoiu, Seattle, WA (US);
Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A control for a virtual reality (VR) system environment includes a portion and an additional portion each configured to contact different portions of a user's body. As one of the portions of the user's body moves towards the other potion of the user's body, the corresponding portion of the material contacting the moving portion of the user's body also moves towards the other portion of the material contacting the other portion of the user's body. Different positions of the portion and the additional portion relative to each other may correspond to different instructions that cause the VR system environment to perform different actions. In some embodiments, the control includes one or more feedback mechanisms providing the user with tactile feedback that simulates interactions with one or more virtual objects presented by the VR system environment.