Sony's Smart Glasses Patent Spots Workout Opportunities in Your Everyday Surroundings
Sony has filed a patent for AR eyeglasses that watch your surroundings and nudge you to exercise when they spot an opportunity.…
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Meta Patents AR and VR Devices That Learn to Read Hand and Eye Sequences
Most gesture systems treat each hand movement as its own isolated command. Meta's new patent is built around the idea that the…
IBM Patents a Way for AR Headsets to Share Objects Based on Where You Look
IBM has filed a patent for a system that watches where your eyes go inside a virtual environment, decides you're genuinely interested…
Meta Patent Reveals AR Glasses That Translate Text Before You Read It
Meta has filed a patent for AR glasses that translate foreign-language text in your surroundings before you consciously decide to read it,…
Apple Patent Reveals iPhones Scanning Rooms and Displaying Symbolic Object Icons
Instead of showing you a live camera view of your room, Apple has patented a scanner that strips the feed away entirely…
Meta Patents a Dichroic Mirror System for Cleaner AR Headset Displays
Getting multiple colors of light into a paper-thin AR lens without them interfering with each other is one of the hardest unsolved…
IBM Patents a Way to Fill Your Virtual Study Room With AI-Generated Classmates
Studying alone in a virtual classroom is its own kind of lonely. IBM has filed a patent for a system that fills…
Qualcomm Patents a Permission System for Sharing Your AR Avatar in Live Calls
When AR video calls become mainstream, you'll want control over who can see your digital likeness. Qualcomm's new patent builds the plumbing…
Apple Patents a Way to Figure Out What You Mean by Watching Where You Look
When you say 'turn that off,' your smart speaker has no idea what 'that' is. Apple's new patent proposes using eye-tracking and…
Apple Patent Reveals Single Knob That Adjusts Both VR Lenses Simultaneously
Adjusting a VR headset usually means fiddling with each lens separately until your eyes stop aching. Apple's new patent describes a mechanism…
Meta Patents a Camera Where the Front Lens Sits Open to the Air
Most cameras hide every lens element behind glass or a sealed housing. Meta's new patent proposes letting the front lens sit exposed…
Meta Patents a Projector Tilt Fix That Stops Double Images in AR Glasses
If you've ever seen a faint double image floating in a heads-up display or AR headset, you know how distracting it is.…
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