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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2015
Ariadne's Thread (Usa), Inc., Solana Beach, CA (US);
Adam Li, Solana Beach, CA (US);
ARIADNE'S THREAD (USA), INC., Solana Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
A low-latency virtual reality display system that provides rapid updates to virtual reality displays in response to a user's movements. Display images generated by rendering a 3D virtual world are modified using an image warping approximation, which allows updates to be calculated and displayed quickly. Image warping is performed using various rerendering approximations that use simplified 3D models and simplified 3D to 2D projections. An example of such a rerendering approximation is a shifting of all pixels in the display by a pixel translation vector that is calculated based on the user's movements; pixel translation may be done very quickly, possibly using hardware acceleration, and may be sufficiently realistic particularly for small changes in a user's position and orientation. Additional features include techniques to fill holes in displays generated by image warping, synchronizing full rendering with approximate rerendering, and using prediction of a user's future movements to reduce apparent latency.