AN APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN USERS EXPERIENCING VIRTUAL REALITY

    公开(公告)号:US20200371737A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-26

    申请号:US16765079

    申请日:2018-11-23

    Abstract: An apparatus configured, based on a first virtual space in which visual imagery is presented to a first user and a second, different, virtual space in which visual imagery is presented to a second user, the first and second virtual spaces based on respective virtual reality content that comprises visual imagery and wherein a representation of the first user, viewable by the second user, is provided in the second virtual space and based on a communication initiation input from the second user; to provide for communication and presentation in the second virtual space, at a virtual location based on a location of the second representation of the first user, of a context-volume comprising a sub-volume of the first virtual space at least partly surrounding the first user to enable the second user to seethe first virtual space currently experienced by the first user.

    SOUND SOURCE DISTANCE ESTIMATION
    102.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200217919A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-09

    申请号:US16626242

    申请日:2018-06-13

    Abstract: An apparatus for generating at least one distance estimate to at least one sound source within a sound scene comprising the least one sound source, the apparatus configured to: receive at least two audio signals from a microphone array located within the sound scene; receive at least one further audio signal associated with the at least one sound source; determine at least one portion of the at least two audio signals from a microphone array corresponding to the at least one further audio signal associated with the at least one sound source; determine a distance estimate to the at least one sound source based on the at least one portion of the at least two audio signals from a microphone array corresponding to the at least one further audio signal associated with the at least one sound source.

    Apparatus and Associated Methods
    106.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180275861A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-27

    申请号:US15926123

    申请日:2018-03-20

    Abstract: An apparatus caused to perform at least the following: based on virtual reality content comprising visual imagery and audio of a scene for presentation in virtual reality, and capture property modification data comprising information indicative of one or more proposed modifications to the virtual reality content, modifications relating to an aural presentation or to visual presentation of at least part of the visual imagery, the capture property modification data further comprising, for each of the modifications, information indicative of a modification time, relative to the virtual reality content and a virtual location in the virtual reality space; provide for presentation of the virtual reality content to a reviewing user with the proposed modifications made to the virtual reality content and modification graphics indicative of the proposed modifications, the modification graphics presented based on the modification time and positioned in the virtual reality space in accordance with the virtual location.

    Transition from Display of First Camera Information to Display of Second Camera Information

    公开(公告)号:US20180198973A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-12

    申请号:US15741301

    申请日:2016-07-05

    Abstract: A method including receiving first camera information that is indicative of visual information from a first camera location, causing display of the first camera information, receiving second camera information that is indicative of visual information from a second camera location, identifying an object that is represented in the first camera information and represented in the second camera information, receiving an object selection input that designates a representation of the object from the first camera information, receiving an object movement input that is indicative of movement in relation to the object, determining that a direction of the object movement input is opposite to a direction from the first camera location to the second camera location, and causing transition from display of the first camera information to display of the second camera information is disclosed.

    VIDEO REGION INDICATOR THAT INDICATES THAT VIDEO CONTENT IS AVAILABLE

    公开(公告)号:US20180192249A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-05

    申请号:US15740029

    申请日:2016-06-28

    Abstract: A method comprising determining an interaction navigational location, causing display of a perspective image that depicts a view of a portion of map information from the interaction navigational location, causing display of a video region indicator that indicates that video content is available at a video navigational location, the video content depicting a view of a portion of the map information from the video navigational location, determining that the interaction navigational location has changed such the interaction navigational location corresponds with the video navigational location, and causing rendering of the video content based, at least in part, on the interaction navigational location corresponding with the video navigational location is disclosed.

    AUDIO PROCESSING
    110.
    发明申请
    AUDIO PROCESSING 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20180061136A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-01

    申请号:US15680502

    申请日:2017-08-18

    Abstract: A method comprising: causing display of a sound-source virtual visual object in a three-dimensional virtual visual space; causing display of a multiplicity of interconnecting virtual visual objects in the three-dimensional virtual visual space, wherein at least some of the multiplicity of interconnecting virtual visual objects interconnect visually a sound-source virtual visual object and a user-controlled virtual visual object, wherein a visual appearance of each interconnecting virtual visual object, is dependent upon one or more characteristics of a sound object associated with the sound-source virtual visual object to which the interconnecting virtual visual object is interconnected, and wherein audio processing of the sound objects to produce rendered sound objects depends on user-interaction with the user-controlled virtual visual object and user-controlled interconnection of interconnecting virtual visual objects between sound-source virtual visual objects and the user-controlled virtual visual object.

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