Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Incorporating external sounds in a virtual reality environment
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Application No.: US15796026Application Date: 2017-10-27
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Publication No.: US10410432B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Paul R. Bastide , Matthew E. Broomhall , Liam S. Harpur , John Rice
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC
- Agent Richard Wilhelm
- Main IPC: G06T19/20
- IPC: G06T19/20 ; G06F3/0481 ; G06K9/00 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F3/16

Abstract:
A method, a system and a computer program product are provided. At least one processing system receives information regarding a real world sound detected in an environment in which a virtual reality device is located. The at least one processing system identifies a source of the real world sound and provides a visual representation of the source of the real world sound in virtual reality content provided to the virtual reality device for presentation to a user in a virtual reality session.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190130654A1 INCORPORATING EXTERNAL SOUNDS IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT Public/Granted day:2019-05-02
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