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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2019
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Julia Schwarz, Redmond, WA (US);
Sheng Kai Tang, Redmond, WA (US);
Casey Leon Meekhof, Redmond, WA (US);
Nahil Tawfik Sharkasi, Woodinville, WA (US);
Sophie Stellmach, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for selectively enabling or disabling control rays in mixed-reality environments. In some instances, a mixed-reality display device presents a mixed-reality environment to a user which includes one or more holograms. The display device then detects a user gesture input associated with a user control (which may include a part of the user's body) during presentation of the mixed-reality environment. In response to detecting the user gesture, the display device selectively generates and displays a corresponding control ray as a hologram rendered by the display device extending away from the user control within the mixed-reality environment. Gestures may also be detected for selectively disabling control rays so that they are no longer rendered.