article thumbnail

Microsoft Files Patent For VR Mat With Haptic Feedback And Pressure Sensors

VRScout

Could Microsoft’s high-tech floormat be the future of at-home 4D entertainment? According to a patent filed by Microsoft to the United States Patent & Trademark Office earlier this week, the company has been experimenting with the idea of a unique VR floor mat device designed to enhance users immersion.

Haptic 297
article thumbnail

AR 101?—?A brief summary (Part 1)

ARVR

Augmented Reality Trends (Part 2) Brief history Some important AR facts: 60s : Engineer Ivan Sutherland, created the SketchPad project, a system based on what is now known as computer graphics, and created a see-through to present 3D graphics (Krevelen, 2010)(Jaimini, 2016). The International Journal of Virtual Reality, 9(2):1{20, 2010.

AR 130
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Alex Kipman Nominated for Inventor’s Award

Tech Trends VR

The Brazilian-born inventor gets recognition for his groundbreaking work with the Microsoft Hololens. The HoloLens incorporates several patent-protected Microsoft inventions, including Kipman’s motion sensors initially brought to market for the Xbox Kinect video game controller.

Microsoft 207
article thumbnail

How science fiction precedes science fact and what it means for the metaverse

Hypergrid Business

Jules Verne-inspired space tourism is now a thing, video calls are de rigueur, and we all walk around with powerful computers in our pockets that connect to an infinite web of data and information — and yet we use this incredible computing power to play diverting games like Candy Crush and Wordle. Still from 2018 film Ready Player One.

article thumbnail

Breaking Down Facebook’s XR Road Map

AR Insider

Facebook reportedly buys data from other companies in places it can’t collect. Machine learning algorithms for avatars will use tracking data from our eyes, mouths, and bodies. And that means they’ll collect a ton of user data now, using machine learning to inform more optimized hardware for actual consumers later.

article thumbnail

Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 Supports Essential Businesses With Mixed Reality

Gravity Jack

To our knowledge, Microsoft is one of very few companies to put out a second iteration of an HMD — and we at Gravity Jack wanted to know what improvements were made. . Credit: Microsoft. These and other sensors relay a large amount of data back to researchers and are powerful companions to innovators around the world.

article thumbnail

Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 Supports Essential Businesses With Mixed Reality

Gravity Jack

To our knowledge, Microsoft is one of very few companies to put out a second iteration of an HMD — and we at Gravity Jack wanted to know what improvements were made. . Credit: Microsoft. These and other sensors relay a large amount of data back to researchers and are powerful companions to innovators around the world.