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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2015
Oculus Vr, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
James S. Webb, Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin E. Tunberg Rogoza, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter Wesley Bristol, Seattle, WA (US);
Jason Andrew Higgins, Seattle, WA (US);
Sharvil Shailesh Talati, Seattle, WA (US);
Yi-yaun Chen, Seattle, WA (US);
Neil Warren Konzen, Hunts Point, WA (US);
OCULUS VR, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
There is provided a handheld controller for a virtual reality system. The hand-held controller includes a user-input surface and a grip coupled to the user-input surface. The user-input surface has a first user-input key. The hand-held controller further includes a cage coupled to the user-input surface. The cage includes a plurality of illumination sources on an outer surface of the cage, which provide light to be detected by a camera for sensing a position of the controller based on a user motion.