Virtual reality headset with physical object representation

Abstract

A virtual reality headset including a display to display a virtual environment, an imaging device to capture images of a physical environment surrounding the headset, and a controller to detect patterns of wavelength emitting devices in the captured images and to compare detected patterns to a library of known patterns, each known pattern corresponding to a physical object. When a detected corresponds to a known pattern, the controller to determine a position of the detected pattern in the physical environment relative to the headset, and to display in the virtual environment a virtual representation of the physical object corresponding to the known pattern at a position corresponding to the determined position of the detected pattern in the physical environment relative to the headset.