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Latest AR & VR patents, Page 45

Headsets, smart glasses, and the displays, eye tracking and sensors that make them work, from Apple, Meta, Samsung, Sony and more. The augmented reality and virtual reality patent applications we have broken down from the companies we track, newest first.

in the Nov 12 release
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in November so far
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last 90 days
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Recent filings

Newest first · 690 total
  1. Samsung · Published Jun 25

    Samsung Patents a Wearable That Carries Your Avatar Into Any App

    Every virtual world you enter on a Samsung wearable could soon use the same digital version of you, even if that world never built one for you specifically.

  2. IBM · Published Jun 25

    Virtual World Patent Lets Your Digital Character Overhear Nearby Group Conversations

    Imagine standing in a crowded virtual room with two conversations happening at once. IBM's new patent would let your metaverse platform figure out which group you're paying attention to, just by watching where your avatar is facing, and then turn up the volume on the right one.

  3. Qualcomm · Published Jun 25

    Qualcomm Patents Technology That Sends Where You Are Looking to the Cloud Before Your Screen Updates

    Rendering a convincing AR scene in real time is one of the hardest problems in computing, and Qualcomm thinks the answer is to predict where your head will be pointing before the frame even starts drawing.

  4. Qualcomm · Published Jun 25

    Qualcomm Patent Bundles Sparse AR Layers to Cut Split Display Bandwidth

    Sending AR graphics wirelessly to a headset display is surprisingly wasteful when each floating label, icon, or overlay travels as its own separate stream. Qualcomm's new patent describes a way to pack all those thin, mostly-empty layers into one tight bundle before transmission.

  5. Sony · Published Jun 25

    Sony Patent Stacks Separate Display Layers at Different Depths for Realistic Images

    Sony is working on an AR display system that combines two separate image sources into one view, and can place each of them at a different apparent distance from your eye. The goal is making digital overlays feel less like stickers floating on the world and more like objects actually sitting in it.

  6. Sony · Published Jun 25

    Sony Patents a Drone Control System That Puts You Inside the View

    Sony is patenting a way to let you pilot a drone from a viewpoint you place yourself, not from where you're standing, but from a virtual camera position you define in the scene.

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  7. Sony · Published Jun 25

    Sony Patents a Tool That Shows Where AR Location Tracking Will Fail Before It Does

    AR apps that pin digital content to real-world locations need to know exactly where they are in space, and that positioning often fails silently. Sony's new patent is a tool for seeing those failure zones before they cause problems.

  8. Sony · Published Jun 25

    Sound-Based Location Tech Patent Could Cut Wires From VR Headset Tracking

    Sony is exploring a way to figure out exactly where a game controller or VR headset is in a room by listening to specially coded audio signals rather than relying on cameras or infrared sensors.

  9. Meta · Published Jun 25

    Meta Patents a One-Piece Camera Mount for Glasses That Project Digital Images

    Keeping a tiny camera perfectly still inside a headset frame is harder than it sounds. Meta is patenting a single molded part that does what used to take two or three separate components.

  10. Sony · Published Jun 25

    Sony Patent Reveals Plans for a Customizable Shortcut Button on VR Headsets

    Sony is patenting a VR headset with a dedicated button on the bottom of the visor that you can reprogram to do whatever you need most, including flipping on the see-through camera so you can check your surroundings without pulling the headset off.

  11. Meta · Published Jun 25

    Meta Patents a Camera That Refocuses Itself Without Moving Parts

    Most cameras change focus by physically moving glass around. Meta is filing patents for a camera that does it electrically, with no moving parts at all.

  12. Apple · Published Jun 25

    Apple Patents AR Navigation Labels That Hide While You Walk and Reappear When You Stop

    Apple is working on AR navigation labels that know when to get out of your way. The idea: if you're mid-stride, the floating street labels vanish so they don't clutter your view, then pop back the moment you stop.