Apple Patents a System That Decides Whether Your Tap Actually Counts
Moving your head while tapping a button in augmented reality is a recipe for phantom clicks. Apple's latest patent describes a system…
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Meta Patents AR Glasses That Scroll Menus Based on Finger Rub Speed
Rubbing your thumb over your index finger slowly might scroll one item at a time, while a quick forceful swipe jumps you…
Nvidia Patents a System That Lets Remote Users Step Inside Your Real-World Room in VR
Nvidia has filed a patent for a system it calls 'teleportation': a way to scan a real room, swap its physical objects…
Samsung Patents AR Glasses That Scan Payment Codes With Your Gaze
Samsung is exploring a way for AR glasses to complete a payment just by tracking where you're looking, no phone or hand…
Samsung Patent Lets You Float Phone App Controls Into Your Physical Space
Samsung is working on a way to pull the controls for an app running on your phone out of the screen entirely…
Apple Patents Tech That Wraps Flat Video Into a 3D Room Around You
Apple is working on a system that takes ordinary flat video, think a movie or a TV show, and automatically reconstructs it…
Google Patents a Filter That Cleans Up Head-Tracking Data for AR Devices
Head-tracking on AR glasses can jitter or drift every time the camera misreads your position. Google has filed a patent for a…
Apple Patents a Way to Sharpen What You're Looking at Through a Headset
When you look through a mixed-reality headset, the camera feed of the real world is often noticeably worse than just... looking with…
Sony Patents Technology That Syncs AR and VR Views to Your Music
Sony has filed a patent for an AR or VR device that reads what you're listening to and changes what you see…
Sony Patent Triggers AR Visual Effects When Users Hit Their Mark
Sony has patented a system that watches for a colored light prop in a camera feed and fires a visual effect on…
Qualcomm Patents a Way for AR Headsets to Negotiate Their Own Workload With the Network
Running augmented reality on a headset is expensive in two ways: battery and bandwidth. Qualcomm's new patent lets the headset and the…
Meta Patent Would Use Facial Recognition Cameras to Log Your Every Move
Meta has filed a patent for a camera system that automatically identifies who is in the frame using facial recognition and then…
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