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Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024

Filed:

May. 31, 2022
Applicant:

Valve Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Charles N. Lohr, Bellevue, WA (US);

Gordon Wayne Stoll, Sammamish, WA (US);

Assignee:

VALVE CORPORATION, Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06T 15/20 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0187 (2013.01); G06T 15/20 (2013.01); G06T 2200/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

This application describes a head-mounted display (HMD) for use in virtual-reality (VR) environments. The systems and methods described herein may determine information about a real-world environment surrounding the user, a location of the user within the real-world environment, and/or a pose of the user within the real-world environment. Such information may allow the HMD to display images of the real-world environment in a pass-through manner and without detracting the user from the VR environment. In some instances, the HMD may pass-through images of the real-world environment based on one or more triggering events.


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