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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Ian Henry Bickerstaff, London, GB;
Assignee:
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/5255 (2014.01); A63F 13/211 (2014.01); A63F 13/212 (2014.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G09G 5/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/5255 (2014.09); A63F 13/211 (2014.09); A63F 13/212 (2014.09); G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G09G 5/38 (2013.01); A63F 2300/105 (2013.01); A63F 2300/1012 (2013.01); A63F 2300/6676 (2013.01); A63F 2300/8082 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0464 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A virtual reality apparatus includes a head mountable display (HMD) to display video content; an orientation detector to detect a current orientation of the HMD; and a display generator to generate video content for display by the HMD, the video content representing a portion of a virtual environment, the display generator selecting the portion for display by the HMD in dependence upon: a current orientation of the HMD; and a location within the virtual environment of a feature of interest.