Microsoft patents matching 3D spaces to share holograms between remote users
This patent describes a system that maps the 3D layout of different rooms to find matching spots for collaboration. If two objects in separate locations share a specific label, the system displays the same hologram at both spots. This allows people in different places to interact with the same virtual object as if they were in the same room.
In the filing’s own words
Examples are disclosed that relate to computing devices, head-mounted display devices and methods for remote collaborations. In one example a computing device receives receive a spatial mapping of a first three-dimensional environment and determines that a volumetric space in the spatial mapping satisfies at least one collaboration criterion. The collaboration criterion comprises a first object in the first three-dimensional environment and a second object in a second three-dimensional environment sharing a common semantic label. Based on determining that the volumetric space satisfies the collaboration criterion, a shared hologram is displayed by a first display device at the first object in the first environment and by a second display device at the second object in the second three-dimensional environment.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computing device for facilitating remote collaborations, the computing device comprising: a logic subsystem comprising a processor; and memory storing instructions executable by the logic subsystem to: receive a spatial mapping of a first three-dimensional environment; determine that a volumetric space in the spatial mapping of the first three-dimensional environment satisfies at least one collaboration criterion that facilitates collaborative interaction with virtual content, wherein the collaboration criterion comprises determining that a first object in the first three-dimensional environment and a second object in a second three-dimensional environment share a common semantic label; and based on determining that the volumetric space satisfies the at least one collaboration criterion, cause a shared hologram to be displayed by a first display device at the first object in the first environment, and cause the shared hologram to be displayed by a second display device at the second object in the second three-dimensional environment.
Facts
- Company
- Microsoft (Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC)
- Official title
- Remote collaborations with volumetric space indications
- Patent number
- US12726594B2
- Application number
- 18614340
- Filed
- Mar 22, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04N 7/157 Electricity & electronicsG02B 27/017 Physics & computingG06T 19/003 Physics & computingMore from Microsoft in AR, VR & displays
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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