Coordinate override in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (xR) applications
Systems and methods for coordinate override in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (xR) applications are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, a first Head-Mounted Device (HMD) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the first HMD to: receive a position of a second HMD; and display an xR environment generated using the position of the second HMD.
1. A first Head-Mounted Device (HMD), comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the first HMD to:
receive a position of a second HMD;
receive a second HMD gaze vector from the second HMD;
render a virtual, augmented, or mixed (xR) environment using the position of the second HMD and the second HMD gaze vector; and
display the environment, wherein the position of the second HMD is received via a first transport channel, and wherein the second HMD gaze vector is received via a second transport channel different from the first transport channel.
2. The first HMD of claim 1 , wherein the position of the second HMD comprises a set of one or more Euclidian coordinates of a physical location of the second HMD.
3. The first HMD of claim 1 , wherein the position of the second HMD is received over direct communications between the first and second HMDs.
4. The first HMD of claim 1 , wherein the position of the second HMD overrides a corresponding position of the first HMD detected by the first HMD.
5. The first HMD of claim 1 , wherein the program instructions, upon execution, further cause the first HMD to:
send the position of the second HMD to a host Information Handling System (IHS) coupled to the first HMD, wherein the position of the second HMD is usable by the host IHS to render a video frame of the xR environment; and
display the video frame.
6. The first HMD of claim 1 , wherein the program instructions, upon execution, further cause the first HMD to:
generate a first HMD gaze vector; and
render the xR environment using the position of the second HMD and the first HMD gaze vector.
7. The first HMD of claim 1 , wherein the first and second transport channels are selected from the group consisting of: infrared, radio frequency, and ultrasonic.
8. The first HMD of claim 1 , wherein using the position of the second HMD to display the xR environment excludes using a vertical position of the second HMD.
9. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a first Head-Mounted Device (HMD), a second set of HMD coordinates describing a physical location of a second HMD;
receiving a second HMD gaze vector from the second HMD describing a gaze direction of a wearer of the second HMD;
rendering a virtual, augmented, or mixed (xR) video frame using the second set of HMD coordinates and the second HMD gaze vector; and
displaying, by the first HMD, the xR video frame, wherein the second set of HMD coordinates is received via a first transport channel, and wherein the second HMD gaze vector is received via a second transport channel different from the first transport channel.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the second set of HMD coordinates is received over direct communications between the first and second HMDs.
11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
generating a first HMD gaze vector by the first HMD describing a gaze direction of a wearer of the first HMD; and
rendering the xR video frame using the second set of HMD coordinates and the first HMD gaze vector.
12. A hardware memory device of a first Head-Mounted Device (HMD) having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a hardware processor, cause the first HMD to:
receive a second set of HMD coordinates describing a physical location of a second HMD;
receive a second HMD gaze vector from the second HMD describing a gaze direction of a wearer of the second HMD;
render a virtual, augmented, or mixed (xR) video frame using the second set of HMD coordinates and the second HMD gaze vector;
display the xR video frame, wherein the second set of HMD coordinates is received via a first transport channel, and wherein the second HMD gaze vector is received via a second transport channel different from the first channel.
13. The hardware memory device of claim 12 , wherein the second set of HMD coordinates is received over direct communications between the first and second HMDs.
14. The hardware memory device of claim 12 , wherein the program instructions, upon execution, further cause the first HMD to:
generate a first HMD gaze vector describing a gaze direction of a wearer of the first HMD; and
render the xR video frame using the second set of HMD coordinates and the first HMD gaze vector.