Qualcomm Patents a System That Fills In Missing Details on Rough 3D Maps
Automated 3D models of the real world are often full of blurry, low-detail objects, think a smudged blob where a fire hydrant…
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Samsung Patents a Fix That Stops Augmented Reality From Misreading Hand Gestures
Hand-tracking systems sometimes place finger-joint markers in the wrong spot, floating outside the actual hand outline. Samsung has filed a patent for…
Sony Patents Sunglasses That Project Floating Images Into Your Field of Vision
Sony is working on AR glasses that look like regular sunglasses, using invisible ultraviolet light and microscopic phosphor dots to paint images…
Sony Patents Technology That Keeps Avatars In Sync With Fast-Moving Limbs
When your avatar's arm lags a half-second behind your real arm, the illusion collapses. Sony is filing patents on a system that…
Meta Patents Smart Glasses That Read Your Silent Mouthed Words
Meta is patenting a way for smart glasses to understand what you're saying even when you make no sound at all, by…
Meta Patents a Lower-Memory Way to Sharpen AR and VR Display Frames
Sharpening a frame on a VR headset normally eats through memory fast. Meta's new patent tries to cut that cost by tracking…
Samsung Patent Wants Your VR Headset To Stop You Breaking Things
If you've ever knocked a lamp off a table mid-VR session, you know the problem Samsung is trying to solve. A new…
Samsung Patents an AR View Window That Tracks Where Its Camera Points
AR glasses that show you a camera feed can feel disorienting if the image doesn't line up with where the camera is…
Meta Files Patent for AR Headsets That Explain Their AI Decisions
Meta is patenting a way for its AR headsets to not just show you AI-generated information, but tell you exactly why that…
Samsung Patents a System That Reads Your Virtual Conversations to Exaggerate Avatar Emotions
When you talk to someone in a virtual world, your avatar probably looks flat and unresponsive. Samsung's new patent wants to fix…
Meta Patent Would Let Wearables Amplify Sound Based on Where You Look
Crowded room, one conversation you actually want to hear. Meta is filing patents for wearables that use your own head movements to…
Qualcomm Patents Real-Time AI Vision Analysis Technology for Smart Glasses Wearables
Qualcomm has filed a patent for smart glasses that can watch the world around you, compress what they see into compact data…
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