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Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 18, 2015
Applicant:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Nadav Grossinger, Karmei Yosef, IL;

Emil Alon, Pardes Hana, IL;

Iddo Bar David, Haifa, IL;

Efrat Solodnik, Tel Aviv, IL;

Assignee:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/04815 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, a system, and a device for navigating in a virtual reality scene, using body parts gesturing and posturing are provided herein. The method may include: projecting a synthetic 3D scene, into both eyes of a user, via a near eye display, so as to provide a virtual reality view to the user; identifying at least one gesture or posture carried out by at least one body part of said user; measuring at least one metric of a vector associated with the detected gesture or posture; applying a movement or action of said user in virtual reality environment, based on the measured metrics; and modifying the virtual reality view so as to reflect the movement or action of said user in the virtual reality environment.


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