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Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 02, 2020
Applicant:

Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Qi Sun, Centertech, NY (US);

Anjul Patney, Kirkland, WA (US);

Omer Shapira, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Morgan McGuire, Williamstown, MA (US);

Aaron Eliot Lefohn, Kirkland, WA (US);

David Patrick Luebke, Charlottesville, VA (US);

Assignee:

NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 15/20 (2011.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/20 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06T 19/003 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, computer readable medium, and system are disclosed for redirecting a user's movement through a physical space while the user views a virtual environment. A temporary visual suppression event is detected when a user's eyes move relative to the user's head while viewing a virtual scene displayed on a display device, an orientation of the virtual scene relative to the user is modified to direct the user to physically move along a planned path through a virtual environment corresponding to the virtual scene, and the virtual scene is displayed on the display device according to the modified orientation.


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