Virtual reality control device and virtual reality system
Aspects concern a virtual reality control device comprising one or more sensors configured to sense sensor data allowing determining the 3D position of the virtual reality control device in 3D space, at least one rotary wheel switch; and an output interface configured to output the sensor data from the one or more sensors and information about a rotation of the at least one rotary wheel switch.
1 . A virtual reality control system comprising:
a virtual reality control device comprising
one or more sensors configured to sense sensor data allowing determining a 3D position of the virtual reality control device in 3D space;
one-multiple rotary wheel switches; and
an output interface configured to output the sensor data from the one or more sensors and information about a rotation of the each of the multiple rotary wheel switches; and
a virtual reality data generation system comprising
an input interface configured to receive the sensor data from the one or more sensors and the information about the rotation of the multiple rotary wheel switches; and
one or more processors configured to render an image depending on the sensor data and information about a rotation of the multiple rotary wheel switches,
wherein the image is a view from a point of view of a user avatar, wherein the virtual reality data generation system is configured to determine, for each of the rotary wheel switches, a rotation of a respective body part of the user avatar associated with the rotary wheel switch according to information about a rotation of the rotary wheel switch and to render the image in accordance with the determined rotations of the body parts.
2 . The virtual reality control system of claim 1 , wherein the virtual reality control device comprises one or more tracking elements which allow determining the handheld controller's pose in 3D space by an external device.
3 . The virtual reality control system of claim 1 , wherein the virtual reality control device comprisesing an analogue stick wherein the at least one rotary wheel switch is in a form of a ring surrounding a base of the analogue stick.
4 . The virtual reality control system of claim 1 , wherein the multiple rotary wheel switches include two or more rotary wheel switches in a form of rings stacked on top of each other.
5 . The virtual reality control system of claim 1 , wherein the multiple rotary wheel switches include two or more rotary wheel switches whose rotation axes are inclined with respect to each other.
6 . The virtual reality control system of claim 1 , wherein the multiple rotary wheel switches include two or more rotary wheel switches whose rotation axes are at least substantially perpendicular to each other.
7 . The virtual reality control system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the rotary wheel switches is configured to return to a default position when released.
8 . The virtual reality control system of claim 1 , wherein the virtual reality control device further comprises a track ball wherein the output interface is configured to output information about a rotation of the at least one track ball.
9 . The virtual reality control system of claim 1 , wherein the output interface is a wireless output interface.
10 . The virtual reality control system of claim 1 , wherein the output interface is configured to connect to the virtual reality data generation system and output the sensor data from the one or more sensors and the information about the rotation of the multiple rotary wheel switches to the virtual reality data generation system.
11 . The virtual reality system of claim 1 , wherein the body parts include two or more legs of an avatar, a torso of the avatar and a head of the avatar.
12 . The virtual reality system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a chair; and
a tracking device configured track a rotation of the chair,
wherein the virtual reality data generation system is configured to render the image depending information about a rotation of the chair.
13 . The virtual reality system of claim 12 , comprising a screen fixed to the chair configured to display the rendered image.
14 . The virtual reality system of claim 12 , wherein the chair comprises a tracking element and the tracking device is configured to track the rotation of the chair by means of optical tracking of the tracking element.
15 . The virtual reality system of claim 12 , wherein the chair comprises a rotation sensor connected to the tracking device and the tracking device is configured to track the rotation of the chair based on sensor data received from the rotation sensor.