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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
May. 22, 2013
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Adam G. Poulos, Sammamish, WA (US);
Tony Ambrus, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey Cole, Seattle, WA (US);
Ian Douglas McIntyre, Redmond, WA (US);
Stephen Latta, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter Tobias Kinnebrew, Seattle, WA (US);
Nicholas Kamuda, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert Pengelly, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey C. Fong, Seattle, WA (US);
Aaron Woo, Bellevue, WA (US);
Udiyan I. Padmanahan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Andrew Wyman MacDonald, Seattle, WA (US);
Olivia M. Janik, Seattle, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are disclosed that relate to placing virtual objects in an augmented reality environment. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method comprising receiving sensor data comprising one or more of motion data, location data, and orientation data from one or more sensors located on a head-mounted display device, and based upon the motion data, determining a body-locking direction vector that is based upon an estimated direction in which a body of a user is facing. The method further comprises positioning a displayed virtual object based on the body-locking direction vector.