New VR Patent Mimics Natural Eye Focus for Sharper Images
Your eyes don't pay equal attention to everything in a VR scene, so why send equal amounts of image data for every…
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Sony Patents Automatic Tilt Correction for VR Headset Displays
When you tilt your head in a VR headset, the virtual world can feel slightly off. Sony is patenting a system that…
Patent: New Display Lens Design Splits Light Across Curved Surfaces for Clearer Images
Getting light from a tiny projector into your eye, through a thin piece of glass, without blurring or color fringing is one…
Samsung Patent Uses Eye-Tracking to Rewrite Your View in Real Time
When you wear an XR headset and turn your head, the image can lag just enough to feel wrong. Samsung's latest patent…
Sony Patent Switches VR View to Real World Mid-Game
Imagine you're deep in a VR world and someone walks into your room, or your character dies, and your headset automatically shows…
A New Patent Builds Your 3D Avatar Gradually Through Camera Scans
Most avatar systems ask you to do a full-body scan upfront, which almost nobody actually does. Apple's latest patent describes a different…
Qualcomm Patent Rebuilds Only the Changed Parts of a 3D Scene
Building a live 3D map of the world around you is expensive work, especially on a phone or headset. Qualcomm's new patent…
Apple Patent Addresses Mismatched Lighting Issues in Combined 3D Avatar Representations
When part of your virtual self is captured in a bright room and the rest in a dim one, the result looks…
Google Patents Smart Glasses That Build Your Vision Prescription Into the Display
One of the biggest unsolved annoyances with AR glasses is that they basically ignore the fact that millions of people wear prescription…
Meta Patent Uses Wrist Muscle Signals to Navigate Menus Without Touching Screens
Forget tapping, swiping, or pointing a controller at a screen. Meta is patenting a wristband that reads the electrical signals your muscles…
Meta Patent Sends AI Responses From Smart Glasses Directly to Your Wrist
You ask your smart glasses a question out loud, and instead of the answer playing through a tiny speaker for everyone nearby…
Qualcomm Patents an AI System That Tracks Eye Movement Inside Virtual Reality Headsets
Getting a headset to know exactly where you're looking is harder than it sounds, especially when a single camera has to figure…
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