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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2014
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Anthony J. Ambrus, Seattle, WA (US);
Adam G. Poulos, Sammamish, WA (US);
Lewey Alec Geselowitz, Redmond, WA (US);
Dan Kroymann, Kirkland, WA (US);
Arthur C. Tomlin, Kirkland, WA (US);
Roger Sebastian-Kevin Sylvan, Seattle, WA (US);
Mathew J. Lamb, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Brian J. Mount, Seattle, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods for enabling hands-free selection of objects within an augmented reality environment are described. In some embodiments, an object may be selected by an end user of a head-mounted display device (HMD) based on detecting a vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) with the end user's eyes while the end user is gazing at the object and performing a particular head movement for selecting the object. The object selected may comprise a real object or a virtual object. The end user may select the object by gazing at the object for a first time period and then performing a particular head movement in which the VOR is detected for one or both of the end user's eyes. In one embodiment, the particular head movement may involve the end user moving their head away from a direction of the object at a particular head speed while gazing at the object.