Samsung patents wearable that shrinks VR view when you move out of range
Samsung describes a wearable device that uses sensors to track its position and orientation. It displays a full-screen virtual reality view only when the device is in a specific safe zone. If the device moves out of that zone, the screen switches to a normal app view and shows a smaller, simplified version of the virtual object.
In the filing’s own words
A processor, comprising processing circuitry, of an electronic device may, individually and/or collectively, be configured to cause the electronic device to: detect a direction of the electronic device using a sensor, while executing a first application for providing a virtual space; display, on the entire display area of a display, a first screen corresponding to a portion of the virtual space, the portion corresponding to the detected direction of the electronic device; determine, using the sensor, whether a position of the electronic device is included in a first range, the first range ensuring maintenance of provision of a virtual reality service based on the virtual space; display, on the entire display area of the display, a second screen provided from a second application based on detection of a position of the electronic device included in a second range distinguished from the first range; and display, on the second screen, a visual object associated with the virtual space, the visual object having a reduced size on the second screen based on a portion of the display area.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1 - 20. (canceled)
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- WEARABLE DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING VISUAL OBJECT, AND METHOD THEREOF
- Publication number
- US20260277518A1
- Application number
- 19674323
- Filed
- May 12, 2026
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 3/14 Physics & computingG06F 3/011 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in Wearables
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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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