There have been many revelations about the Apple Glass head-mounted display device that Apple is developing. Although the exact time when Apple will officially launch this device is still unknown, the constant exposure of patent information is enough to show that Apple has been working in related fields.
This Tuesday, patent information related to the Apple Glass head-mounted display device was announced again. This time Apple brought two patented designs that described the use of sophisticated sensors to provide a highly immersive experience and allow users to control nearby electronic devices. The first patent of
is "head-mounted virtual and mixed reality display device with internal and external positioning, user body and environment tracking functions". This is a basic patent that describes a set of sensors that can provide a high level of immersion in a virtual or mixed reality environment.
This patent claims that in order to provide immersion, tracking of various elements is essential, including tracking of head position, body position and the user's surrounding environment.
It is reported that the entire set of immersive sensors may include a pair of RGB cameras with infrared cut-off filters, a pair of black and white cameras with near-infrared filters, inertial measurement units, ToF depth sensors, speckle pattern projectors and other related components. In another patent of
, Apple introduced a system that can control nearby electronic devices through gestures while wearing a head-mounted device. Based on this, when the user wears the head-mounted display device, he can directly see the relevant electronic device and perform interactive operations.
In order to achieve such a design, this system will include independent sensors to identify external electronic devices in the user’s environment; a display system to display information about external electronic devices; user input components (touch sensors, force sensors and other Sensor), used to collect touch/gesture input information.
combined with the above patent information, Apple has its own plan for the research of head-mounted display devices, and it is advancing one after another. However, whether these patents will eventually be released in mass production, still need to wait for more information to confirm.
