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Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 04, 2020
Applicant:

Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Qian Zhou, Redmond, WA (US);

Kenrick Cheng-Kuo Kin, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 40/107 (2022.01); G06V 40/28 (2022.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are related to a system and a method for controlling a virtual reality based on a physical object. In one aspect, a shape of a hand of a user corresponding to a surface or a structure of a physical object is detected. In one aspect, according to the detected shape of the hand, an interactive feature for the surface or the structure of the physical object is generated in a virtual reality or augmented reality application. In one aspect, a user interaction with the interactive feature is detected. In one aspect, an action of the virtual reality or augmented reality application is initiated, in response to detecting the user interaction with the interactive feature.


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