Apple Patent Tracks Hand Height to Determine Mid-Air Typing Intent
Apple is working on a way for spatial-computing devices to tell the difference between a hand that's resting and a hand that's…
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Microsoft Patent Reveals Glasses Designed to Project Images Across a Wider Field
Getting a wide, clear image into a pair of slim AR glasses is one of the hardest optical problems in consumer electronics.…
Apple Patents a Camera System That Fixes AR Colors by Reading What's on Screen
When you wear an AR headset, virtual objects often look weirdly lit because the headset doesn't know much about the room you're…
Meta Patents an AI That Makes Virtual Lights Look Real in Mixed-Reality Scenes
When you place a virtual lamp in a mixed-reality scene, the surrounding room should look lit by it. That sounds obvious, but…
Nvidia Patents Software That Learns to Follow Your Eyes Without Scanning Real Faces
Training an AI to track where your eyes are looking normally requires thousands of real photos of real people's eyes. Nvidia's new…
Sony Patents a Way to Fix Where Cameras Think You're Looking
Your eyes move faster than most cameras can keep up with. Sony is filing patents for a system that uses a second,…
Apple Patents a System to Keep Virtual Stand-Ins for Remote Callers Looking Consistent During Group Video Calls
When two people wearing AR headsets sit in the same room on the same video call, do the remote participants appear in…
Apple Patents a Method to Feed Each Eye Its Own Image in Headsets
Running two cameras and two displays through a single processor sounds like a recipe for lag, but Apple has filed a patent…
Qualcomm Patents a Frame-Timing Buffer to Smooth Cloud-Powered AR Headsets
When an AR headset outsources its graphics work to a nearby server, tiny network delays can make frames arrive at the wrong…
Samsung Patents a System That Stops AR Glasses from Running the Same Sensor Twice
Every app on your AR glasses wants to see the world through the same camera, but right now each one might be…
Samsung Patents a Thin VR Headset Optic That Sharpens Focus as Your Eye Moves
One of the most persistent complaints about VR headsets is that everything looks crisp at exactly one distance and blurry everywhere else.…
Apple Patents Controls for Sharing and Dimming Content in 3D Spaces
Apple is working on ways to let people share what they're looking at inside a three-dimensional environment, while also giving the device…
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