Apple Vision Pro Patent Hides Exactly Where Your Eyes Are Looking
Your eyes reveal a lot more than where you're looking. A new Apple patent describes a way to feed apps the gaze…
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Livestreaming Glasses Patent Adds Smart Capture Controls
When you're livestreaming from a pair of smart glasses, you can't exactly glance at a notification panel. Meta's latest patent solves that…
AR Patent Lets Real People Break Through Virtual Content
What happens when someone walks up to talk to you while you're buried in a virtual window? Apple's new patent has a…
Meta Patent: Silent Wrist Gesture Activates AI Assistant Through Smart Glasses
No 'Hey Meta,' no tap, no voice at all. Meta is patenting a way to call up an AI assistant just by…
Qualcomm Patent Addresses VR Display Warping Through Head Movement Prediction
If you've ever worn a VR headset and noticed the edges of the image look slightly bent or off, that's lens distortion…
Meta Patents Virtual Buttons That Live on Your Wrist in AR
Imagine glancing at your wrist and seeing a virtual button floating there, ready to tap, with no physical hardware required. That's the…
Sony Patent Targets Sharper AR and VR Displays With Dual-Lens Optical Design
Sony is patenting an optical system that uses two different types of lenses working together to project a display image cleanly onto…
Qualcomm Patents Technology That Predicts Head Movement to Display Virtual Images Sooner
Motion sickness in VR headsets is largely a timing problem: the image arrives a few milliseconds too late for what your eyes…
Patent: Knowing Where You Look Puts Sound in the Right Place
Nvidia is patenting a way to use a camera to figure out which direction your head is pointing, then adjust audio in…
Sony Patents a Flexible VR Headset Seal That Eases Facial Contact Pressure
One of the most common complaints about VR headsets is light leaking in around the edges of the face pad. Sony's latest…
Qualcomm Patents Technology for Lifelike 3D Scenes Viewable from Any Angle
Qualcomm has filed a patent for a system that can take depth and color data from a scene, break it into chunks,…
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