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Latest AR & VR patents, Page 47

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.

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last 90 days
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Recent filings

Newest first · 690 total
  1. Meta · Published Jun 18

    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 with lighting that can flash each eye's half at slightly different moments, tuned in real time to what the display is actually doing.

  2. Samsung · Published Jun 18

    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 — no joystick, no on-screen drag handles, just your hands and gravity.

  3. Samsung · Published Jun 18

    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 patenting a system that figures out which objects are within your reach and then highlights them before you even try.

  4. Qualcomm · Published Jun 18

    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 for mixed-reality interfaces — and it could make VR feel dramatically less clunky.

  5. Qualcomm · Published Jun 18

    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 pictures actually matter. Qualcomm's new patent describes a system that figures that out automatically.

  6. Sony · Published Jun 18

    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 a single setting? That's the core idea in this Sony patent.

  7. Sony · Published Jun 18

    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 wants to fix that by making voices shift — in volume, direction, and distance — based on exactly where avatars are standing relative to each other.

  8. Qualcomm · Published Jun 18

    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 it could just stop when you're not actually looking at it? That's the core idea behind Qualcomm's latest imaging patent.

  9. Samsung · Published Jun 18

    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, no voice command. That's the core idea in Samsung's latest headset patent.

  10. Meta · Published Jun 18

    Meta's New Patent Moves the Heavy Graphics Work Off Your AR Glasses

    Meta is patenting a way to take the hardest graphics work off an AR headset entirely — by offloading it to a separate handheld device you carry in your pocket or hand.

  11. Meta · Published Jun 18

    Meta's New Patent Lets Its AR Glasses Identify Anything You Look At

    Point your eyes at something, and Meta's glasses could instantly tell you what it is — no button, no voice command, just a look.

  12. Meta · Published Jun 18

    Meta's Latest Patent Lets Drivers Control Their Car by Looking at It

    Imagine glancing at your car's climate vent and flicking your finger to crank up the heat — no touchscreen, no voice command needed. That's exactly what Meta is patenting with its latest AR glasses filing.