Google Patents a System That Moves an On-Screen Pointer by Turning Your Head
Google is working on a way to let you navigate menus on a headset just by turning your head — no hand…
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Google Patents a Prism Assembly That Prepares Light for Injection Into AR Glasses
Getting light from a tiny projector into the paper-thin lens of a pair of AR glasses is one of the hardest optical…
Meta Patents Technology That Stops Virtual Hands Passing Through AR Buttons
Anyone who has used a VR or AR headset knows the weird moment when your virtual hand phases right through the button…
Meta Patents a VR Display That Syncs Each Eye's Lighting Separately to Cut Motion Blur
VR headsets typically have two separate screens — one for each eye. Meta's new patent describes a clever workaround: one shared screen…
Samsung Patents a Way to Control 3D Objects by Physically Moving Your Phone
Samsung is working on a way to manipulate 3D objects on your phone screen by physically tilting or moving the device itself…
Samsung Patents a System That Shows You What You Can Grab in VR
Picking up virtual objects in VR is still awkward — you often grab the wrong thing or nothing at all. Samsung is…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Predicts What You're About to Touch in VR
Before your hand even finishes moving, Qualcomm's patented system wants to know which virtual button you're heading for. It's a prediction engine…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Build 3D Scenes by Picking Only the Best Camera Shots
Building a 3D model from photos sounds simple — just take a bunch of pictures. But the tricky part is knowing which…
Sony Patents an AR System That Reads the Room to Customize What You See
What if an AR headset could automatically adjust what it shows you — based on who you are — without you touching…
Sony Patents Sound That Shifts Based on Where Your Virtual Character Stands
In most multiplayer games, your teammate sounds the same whether their character is standing next to you or across the map. Sony…
Qualcomm's New Patent Stops AR Glasses from Filming What You're Not Looking At
Your AR headset is doing a lot of work to show you the real world in high detail — but what if…
Samsung's New Patent Lets AR Glasses Read Your Body to Switch Menus
Imagine tilting your head or shifting your stance and watching your AR headset's entire menu system change automatically — no button press,…
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