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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2021
Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Etienne Pinchon, London, GB;
Jennifer Lynn Spurlock, Seattle, WA (US);
Nathan Aschenbach, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Gerrit Hendrik Hofmeester, Seattle, WA (US);
Roger Ibars Martinez, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher Alan Baker, San Carlos, CA (US);
Chris Rojas, Seattle, WA (US);
Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein disclose methods and systems directed to input mode selection in artificial reality. In some implementations, various input modes enable a user to perform precise interactions with a target object without occluding the target object. Some input modes can include rays that extend along a line that intersects an origin point, a control point, and an interaction point. An interaction model can specify when the system switches between input modes, such as modes based solely on gaze, using long or short ray input, or with direct interaction between the user's hand(s) and objects. These transitions can be performed by evaluating rules that take context factors such as whether a user's hands are in view of the user, what posture the hands are in, whether a target object is selected, and whether a target object is within a threshold distance from the user.