Apparatus with moveable headrest for viewing images from a changing direction-of-view

a technology of moving headrests and images, applied in the field of providing light for forming images, can solve the problems of unexplored traditional entertainment applications, such as drama, comedy, documentaries, etc., and the complexity of possible alternative scenarios, and the disconcerting time lag between the viewer's action and the viewer's action,

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-09-09
MAGUIRE SUSAN C
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This approach enables a rich, immersive experience with reduced hardware demands and eliminates time lag, allowing for a new level of passive interaction in virtual reality applications, enhancing traditional entertainment by providing a more engaging and interactive experience without the need for complex hardware.

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Traditional entertainment applications, on the other hand, such as drama, comedy, documentaries, and the like, have not yet been explored by these new technologies.
Another obstacle would seem to be that the level of complexity of the possible alternative scenarios, depending on the user's actions, would need to be higher in the traditional arts than for the more predictable and mechanistic art of gaming.
For all these various kinds of virtual reality applications, the creation of many possible scenarios for viewer selection creates a massive demand for electronic image storage space and there is also the problem of a disconcerting time lag between the viewer's action and the response of the imaging system.
These problems make this emerging technology hard to achieve using presently available hardware.

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[0076]FIG. 1 shows an apparatus 10, according to the present invention, for providing light 12 to an eye 14 in a head 16 of a passive viewer for formation of images in the eye 14. The apparatus 10 comprises a light source 18, responsive to a light control signal on a line 20, for providing the light 12 for the formation of the images with a changing point of view. The light source 18 may be any kind of device for providing light which is cast on the retina to form an image. In other words, it should be realized that the light source 18 could be any type of light source, including but not limited to the many various known types of displays. Such displays may include those where an image is first formed outside the eye, including but not limited to any type of head mounted display (HMD) or, e.g., any type of display where the image is first formed inside the eye including any type of virtual retinal display (VRD). See U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,184,231; 5,189,512; 5,406,415; 5,293,271; 4,969,71...

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Abstract

A head guide with a display is attitudinally controlled for guiding the head of a passive viewer wherein the display is for viewing images that are emulative of images viewed by a cameraman with head mounted cameras whose head attitude is monitored for controlling the head guide in synchronism with the images gathered by the cameras. Additionally, the viewer's eyes may be induced to follow a sequence of visual fixations at the same time as the passive viewer's head is induced to execute attitudinal movements consistent therewith.

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RELATED APPLICATION [0001]The present application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09 / 772,016 filed Jan. 29, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,798,443 issued Sep. 28, 2004 which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08 / 794,122, filed 3 Feb. 1997 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,181,371 which is itself a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08 / 452,510, filed 30 May 1995, entitled an “Apparatus For Inducing Attitudinal Head Movements For Passive Virtual Reality,” now U.S. Pat. No. 5,734,421. This application also is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 524,491 filed Mar. 13, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,453,451, which claims priority from U.S. provisional application 60 / 124,642 filed Mar. 16, 1999, now U.S. application Ser. No. 09 / 524,491 filed Mar. 13, 2000.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]This invention relates to providing light for forming images and, more particularly, to providing light for forming imag...

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Patent Type & AuthorityPatents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04N7/18G06F3/00G06F3/01
CPCG06F3/016G06F3/011G06F3/012G06F3/013H04N7/183H04N7/18
InventorMAGUIRE, JR., FRANCIS, J.
OwnerMAGUIRE SUSAN C