Causing provision of virtual reality content

    公开(公告)号:GB2545275A

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-14

    申请号:GB201521917

    申请日:2015-12-11

    Abstract: Virtual or augmented reality (VR) content is provided to a user via portable equipment located at a first location L1-1 and having a first orientation O1-1, the VR content being associated with a second location L2 and a second orientation O2. The VR content is rendered for provision in dependence on the first location relative to the second location (X1-1) and the first orientation relative to the second orientation (θ1-1). The second location and orientation can be a fixed geographic point or the position of a second portable user equipment for providing a second version of the VR content. In the latter case, if the second user equipment is within the virtual field of view of the first user, content representing the second user is provided to the first user. The VR content may be derived from plural items captured by dedicated devices arranged in a two or three-dimensional array, and may comprise a portion of a cylindrical panorama. The virtual content may comprise audio content with plural sub-components which may appear to come from a single point source if the virtual distance from the user is above a threshold.

    Method, apparatus and computer program product for input detection

    公开(公告)号:GB2533795A

    公开(公告)日:2016-07-06

    申请号:GB201423344

    申请日:2014-12-30

    Abstract: One or more operating conditions of a device such as a mobile phone are determined (802). A selection of a mode of operation of the device from at least a first mode and a second mode is facilitated (806, 808) based on the one or more operating conditions of the device such as the time delay between times of arrival of the audio signals (804). In the first mode; the device is configured to detect an operation input received from an audio source based on two or more audio sensors of the device. In the second mode, the device is configured to detect the operation input based on at least one of the two or more audio sensors and at least one non-audio sensor of the device.

    Image processing method and device
    33.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:GB2533573A

    公开(公告)日:2016-06-29

    申请号:GB201422903

    申请日:2014-12-22

    Abstract: The invention relates to processing image data for display on a user device (Figure 1c, 116) on the basis of a state parameter that is related to the user device. The user device (e.g. a heads up display, HUD, or near to eye display, NED) comprises an at least partially transparent display (Figure 1c, 170) operatively connected to at least one camera (Figure 1c, 171, 172.) An image, 410, is captured by the camera and may be combined with embedded content, 424, 454, to produced image data which is processed, 442, 432, 462, based on state parameters received in relation to the user device. The state parameters may be related to the transparency or tint level of the display and cause an adjustment of these properties. They may also relate to the level of ambient lighting and result in an adjustment to the brightness of the display. The device orientation may also be measured and a tilted image produced and cropped based on the level of device orientation. The cropping may be preformed based on the gaze direction of the user of the device.

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