OBJECT ENHANCEMENT IN ARTIFICIAL REALITY VIA A NEAR EYE DISPLAY INTERFACE

1 . A system comprising:

a near eye display (NED) that is configured to display images in accordance with display instructions;

an imaging sensor configured to capture images, the images including at least one image of an object and at least one image of a user's hands; and

a controller configured to:

identify the object in the captured images using one or more recognition patterns;

determine a pose of the user's hand based on the captured images, the determined pose indicating a touch gesture with the identified object, the touch gesture formed by a movement of the user's index finger in a direction towards the identified object such that the distance between the user's index finger and the position of the object is within a threshold value; and

update the display instructions to cause the electronic display to display a virtual menu in an artificial reality environment, the virtual menu within a threshold distance of the position of the object in the artificial reality environment.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine that the pose of the user's hand indicates the touch gesture with one of the contextual menu options of the virtual menu;

execute instructions corresponding to the one of the contextual menu options; and

update the display instructions to cause the electronic display to display an indication of the activation of the one of the contextual menu options.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the indication of the activation of the one of the contextual menu options comprises a secondary contextual menu corresponding to the one of the contextual menu options.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive additional captured images from the imaging sensor;

detect the object in the additionally captured images based on the one or more recognition patterns;

determine a movement of the object in the additionally captured images relative to the position of the object in previously captured images;

determine a new position of the object based on the determined movement; and

update the display instructions to cause the substantially transparent electronic display to display the virtual menu in a new position that is within a threshold distance of the new position of the object in the augmented reality environment.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the object is a wearable ring.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein a radio frequency (RF) identifier is attached to the object, and wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive from the RF identifier a radio signal including an identifier for the object;

update the one or more recognition patterns to include the identifier; and

determine the position of the object further based on the direction and signal delay of the radio signal.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein a marker is attached to the object, and the controller is further configured to:

detect the marker attached to the object in one or more of the captured images; and

update the one or more recognition patterns to include the marker.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein a marker includes a pattern that encodes identifying information, and wherein the controller is further configured to:

decode an identifier from the pattern included with the marker;

update the one or more recognition patterns to include the identifier; and

determine the position of the object further based on detecting the pattern corresponding to the identifier on the object.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the object enhancement request comprises the touch gesture made by the user's hand against the object.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the contextual menu options in the virtual menu are selected by the controller based on the type of the object.

11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive an object enhancement request for the object;

access one or more images of the object; and

generate the one or more recognition patterns of the object based on the accessed images.

12 . A near eye display (NED), comprising:

an electronic display configured to display images in accordance with display instructions;

an imaging sensor configured to capture images, the images including at least one image of an object and at least one image of a user's hands; and

a controller configured to:

identify the object in one or more of the captured images using one or more recognition patterns;

determine a pose of the user's hand based on one or more of the captured images, the determined pose indicating a touch gesture with the identified object, the touch gesture formed by a movement of the user's index finger in a direction towards the identified object such that the distance between the user's index finger and the position of the object is within a threshold value; and

update the display instructions to cause the electronic display to display a virtual menu in an artificial reality environment, the virtual menu within a threshold distance of the position of the object in the artificial reality environment.

13 . The NED of claim 12 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine that the pose of the user's hand indicates the touch gesture with one of the contextual menu options of the virtual menu;

execute instructions corresponding to the one of the contextual menu options; and

update the display instructions to cause the electronic display to display an indication of the activation of the one of the contextual menu options.

14 . The NED of claim 12 , wherein the indication of the activation of the one of the contextual menu options comprises a secondary contextual menu corresponding to the one of the contextual menu options.

15 . The NED of claim 12 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive captured additional images from the imaging sensor;

detect the object in the additionally captured images based on the one or more recognition patterns;

determine a movement of the object in the additionally captured images relative to the position of the object in previously captured images;

determine a new position of the object based on the determined movement; and

update the display instructions to cause the substantially transparent electronic display to display the virtual menu in a new position that is within a threshold distance of the new position of the object in the augmented reality environment.

16 . The NED of claim 12 , wherein a radio frequency (RF) identifier is attached to the object, and wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive from the RF identifier a radio signal including an identifier for the object;

update the one or more recognition patterns to include the identifier; and

determine the position of the object further based on the direction and signal delay of the radio signal.

17 . The NED of claim 12 , wherein a marker is attached to the object, and wherein the controller is further configured to:

detect the marker attached to the object in the captured images; and

update the one or more recognition patterns to include the marker.

18 . The NED of claim 12 , wherein a marker includes a pattern that encodes identifying information, and wherein the controller is further configured to:

decode an identifier from the pattern included with the marker;

update the one or more recognition patterns to include the identifier; and

determine the position of the object further based on detecting the pattern corresponding to the identifier on the object.

19 . The NED of claim 12 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive an object de-enhancement request for the object, the object de-enhancement request activated from a contextual menu option in the virtual menu.

20 . The NED of claim 12 , wherein the contextual menu options in the virtual menu are selected by the controller based on the type of the object.