Microsoft Patents a Way to Stop AR Headsets from Making Your Eyes Glow
Anyone who has seen someone wearing an AR headset knows the eerie glow that leaks from the lenses back toward onlookers. Microsoft…
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Apple Patent Would Redecorate Your Room Based on What You're Watching
Apple has patented a system that watches how long you focus on an object, figures out its mood or style, and then…
IBM Patents a VR Interview System Where AI Avatars Skip Questions You Already Answered
IBM has patented a system that puts you in a virtual room with AI-scripted avatars who interview you, watch how you respond,…
New Apple Patent Builds Cleaner 3D Scans by Filtering Bad Frames
Building a 3D model of an object by walking around it sounds simple, but move your phone too fast and the result…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Blends Digital Images Into Real-World Lighting
Virtual objects in AR have a habit of looking pasted-on, because they don't react to the actual lighting and textures around them.…
Qualcomm Patents Technology That Shows AR Content Based on Where You Look
Put on an AR headset in a busy city block and you could be buried in digital pop-ups from every storefront within…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Measure Real Objects Using Two Camera Angles
Knowing how big something actually is, in real-world inches or centimeters, has always been a weak spot for smartphone cameras. Qualcomm's latest…
Sony Patents a Way to Stop 3D Object Decoding From Bogging Down
Every time a 3D scene loads on your headset or phone, the device has to reconstruct complex objects from encoded data, and…
Microsoft Patents a Faster Way to Draw Lines on 3D Surfaces in VR
Drawing a line on a bumpy 3D surface sounds simple, but every curve, ridge, or crater can make it a slow, expensive…
Qualcomm Patents Technology to Keep AR and VR Visuals Smooth During Motion
Motion sickness in AR and VR headsets often comes down to milliseconds. Qualcomm's new patent targets the exact moments a chip needs…
IBM Patent: Collaborative XR Environments That Automatically Adapt to Real Team Workflows
IBM wants to flip how virtual reality meets work: instead of dropping your team into a generic virtual room, the platform would…
Sony Patents a System That Swaps Out Broken Virtual-Space Content on the Fly
Virtual content can break in ways users never see coming, a 3D object that won't load, an audio element the hardware can't…
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