MISCELLANEOUS COATING, BATTERY, AND CLOCK FEATURES FOR ARTIFICIAL REALITY APPLICATIONS

1 . A method comprising:

receiving, at a first communication system, information about a battery power of a second communication system that is in communication with the first communication system;

determining that the received information indicates that the battery power is less than a prespecified threshold; and

configuring one or more applications at the first communication system that are in use during the communication with the second communication system based on the received information about the battery power of the second communication system.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, at the first communication system, information about the battery power when a level of the battery power monitored at the second communication system is less than the prespecified threshold.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

periodically receiving the information about the battery power at the first communication system irrespective of a level of the battery power monitored at the second communication system.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more applications comprise a plurality of communications between the first communication system and a plurality of communication systems including the second communication system.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

extracting a clock signal using a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) connection between the first communication system and the second communication system;

generating a precision time protocol (PTP) hardware clock using the extracted clock signal; and

synchronizing a clock on an apparatus that is separate from the first communication system and the second communication system using the PTP hardware clock.

6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

generating a common clock domain using the extracted clock signal; and

generating the PTP hardware clock using the common clock domain as a timebase.

7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the first communication system comprises a video conferencing device, the second communication system comprises a dock device, and the apparatus comprises an audio capture device.

8 . A coating of a consumer electronic device, wherein the consumer electronic device in an active state is configured to generate heat, the coating configured to:

have an emissivity of a first average value over an ultraviolet (UV) band of radiation and a near-infrared (NIR) band of radiation;

have an emissivity of a second average value over a visible band of radiation; and

have an emissivity of a third average value over a mid-to-far infrared band of radiation.

9 . The coating of claim 8 , wherein the first average value is less than the second average value, and the second average value is less than the third average value.

10 . The coating of claim 8 , wherein:

incident radiation in the UV band and the NIR band is substantially reflected by the coating;

incident radiation in the visible band is such that the coating appears as a target color; and

heat generated in the mid-to-far infrared band is substantially absorbed and re-radiated.

11 . The coating of claim 8 , wherein the coating comprises a multi-layered thin film or a multi-layered polymer film configured to selectively reflect specific wavelengths of incident light.

12 . The coating of claim 8 , wherein:

one or more thin films are applied to a first surface of the consumer electronic device; and

a paint coating is applied to a surface of the one or more thin films to form the coating as an aggregate coating.

13 . The coating of claim 12 , wherein:

the aggregate coating has an emissivity distribution that includes the UV band, the NIR band, the visible band, and the mid-to-far infrared band;

a first portion of the emissivity distribution in the UV and NIR bands is lower than a second portion of the emissivity distribution in the visible band;

the second portion of the emissivity distribution in the visible band is lower than a third portion of the emissivity distribution in the mid-to-far infrared band;

the aggregate coating presents as a target color; and

heat generated by the consumer electronic device in the mid-to-far infrared band is substantially absorbed and re-radiated.

14 . The coating of claim 12 , wherein the first surface is a surface of a substrate comprising at least one of: a plastic, a metal, and an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene.

15 . The coating of claim 12 , wherein:

the one or more thin films are configured to decrease the emissivity in the UV band and the NIR band, and to increase the emissivity in the mid-to-far infrared band; and

the paint coating is configured to absorb and scatter light in the visible band while propagating light outside of the visible band.

16 . The coating of claim 12 , wherein a plurality of pigments in the paint coating selectively absorb and scatter light in the visible band.

17 . A battery containment structure comprising:

a metal chassis configured to receive a battery, the metal chassis including five surfaces that are each coated with an electrical insulator; and

a lid configured to couple to the metal chassis, the lid configured to be coupled to the battery to form a battery assembly that when coupled to the metal chassis forms the battery containment structure.

18 . The battery containment structure of claim 17 , wherein the lid is coupled to the battery via a pressure sensitive adhesive to form the battery assembly.

19 . The battery containment structure of claim 17 , wherein the lid comprises a conductive pressure sensitive adhesive that forms a Faraday Cage with the metal chassis around the battery.

20 . The battery containment structure of claim 17 , wherein the lid comprises a pair of flanges positioned inside the metal chassis, the pair of flanges configured to align the battery assembly along a defined spatial dimension of the metal chassis.