Qualcomm Patents a Way to Label Every Part of a 3D Model Automatically
Qualcomm has filed a patent for a pipeline that can look at a 3D model, figure out which parts are which objects,…
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Apple Patents a Facial Animation System That Learns Your Face in Real Time
Apple has filed a patent for a facial animation system that builds a custom model of your face on the fly, then…
Meta Patent Auto-Generates Moving VR Safety Boundaries Around Users
Setting up a safe play area in a VR headset currently means walking around your room and tracing out a boundary by…
Meta Patents Smart Glasses That Pick One Voice Out of a Noisy Room
Meta is patenting a system that lets AR glasses lock onto a single person's voice in a noisy room and amplify it…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Keep Two Spots Sharp in VR Headsets at Once
Your eyes don't look at one spot for long, and VR headsets that track your gaze know it. Qualcomm has filed a…
Samsung Patent Merges Mismatched Camera Views Into a Single AR Display
Mixed-reality headsets often carry two or more cameras that see very different slices of the world, and that mismatch breaks depth perception.…
Sony Patents a Way to Make Your VR Avatar's Elbows Bend Correctly
Your VR avatar's arms have always looked a little wrong, and Sony thinks it knows exactly why: the system isn't watching your…
Sony Patents a System for Storing Touch Sensations Inside 3D Media Files
Sony is working on a way to embed touch sensations directly into 3D media files, so that when you watch or interact…
Apple Patents a Way to Fix AR Colors by Borrowing Cameras from Nearby Devices
Apple's AR headset could one day borrow the cameras on your nearby iPhone or iPad to make sure digital objects look like…
IBM Patents a Headset That Flags and Labels Factory Defects Automatically
Factory quality inspectors spend as much time writing up what they found as they do actually finding it. IBM's new patent describes…
Sony Patents a Way to Show Avatars from One Virtual World Inside Another
Sony is working on a way to let your avatar show up inside a virtual world you're not even logged into, appearing…
Google Patents Tech That Keeps Phone Cameras Sharp Through Their Own Lenses
Cameras that sit behind lenses, like those in AR glasses or periscope setups, can drift out of calibration as the lens shifts…
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