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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Brian E. Keane, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ben J. Sugden, Woodinville, WA (US);
Robert L. Crocco, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher E. Miles, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kathryn Stone Perez, Kirkland, WA (US);
Laura K. Massey, Redmond, WA (US);
Mathew J. Lamb, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Alex Aben-Athar Kipman, Redmond, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system for generating and displaying holographic visual aids associated with a story to an end user of a head-mounted display device while the end user is reading the story or perceiving the story being read aloud is described. The story may be embodied within a reading object (e.g., a book) in which words of the story may be displayed to the end user. The holographic visual aids may include a predefined character animation that is synchronized to a portion of the story corresponding with the character being animated. A reading pace of a portion of the story may be used to control the playback speed of the predefined character animation in real-time such that the character is perceived to be lip-syncing the story being read aloud. In some cases, an existing book without predetermined AR tags may be augmented with holographic visual aids.