Temperature-controlled wearable extended reality appliance
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media containing instructions for causing at least one processor to perform operations for changing display of virtual content based on temperature are provided. In one implementation, the processor is configured to perform operations comprising displaying virtual content via a wearable extended reality appliance, wherein during displaying of the virtual content, heat is generated by at least one component of the wearable extended reality appliance; receiving information indicative of a temperature associated with the wearable extended reality appliance; determining a need to change display settings of the virtual content based on the received information; and based on the determination, changing the display settings of the virtual content to achieve a target temperature.
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions for causing at least one processor to perform operations for changing display of virtual content based on temperature, the operations comprising:
displaying virtual content via a wearable extended reality appliance, wherein during displaying of the virtual content, heat is generated by at least one component of the wearable extended reality appliance;
receiving information indicative of a temperature associated with the wearable extended reality appliance;
determining a need to change display settings of the virtual content based on the received information, wherein determining the need to change the display settings includes predicting a time when the wearable extended reality appliance will be inactive;
when the heat generated by the wearable extended reality appliance exceeds a critical value and the predicted time exceeds a critical duration, changing the display settings of the virtual content to achieve a target temperature; and
when the heat generated by the wearable extended reality appliance exceeds a critical value and the predicted time is below a critical duration, maintaining current display settings.
2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein heat is generated by a plurality of heat-emitting light sources included in the wearable extended reality appliance, and the operations further include modulating a set of working parameters of at least one of the heat-emitting light sources, the set of working parameters of the plurality of heat-emitting light sources including at least one of voltage, current, or power associated with the at least one heat-emitting light source.
3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein heat is generated by at least one processing device included in the wearable extended reality appliance, and the operations further include modulating a set of working parameters of the at least one processing device, the set of working parameters of the at least one processing device including at least one of voltage, current, power, clock speed, or number of active cores associated with the at least one processing device.
4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein heat is generated by at least one wireless communication device included in the wearable extended reality appliance, and the operations further include modulating a set of working parameters of the at least one wireless communication device, the set of working parameters of the wireless communication device including at least one of signal strength, bandwidth or amount of transmitted data.
5. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein changing the display settings of the virtual content includes at least one of modifying a color scheme of at least a portion of the virtual content, reducing an opacity value of at least a portion of the virtual content, reducing an intensity value of at least a portion of the virtual content, or reducing a brightness value of at least a portion of the virtual content.
6. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein changing the display settings of the virtual content includes reducing a frame rate value of at least a portion of the virtual content.
7. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein changing the display settings of the virtual content includes reducing a display size of at least a portion of the virtual content.
8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein changing the display settings of the virtual content includes implementing selective changes to displayed virtual objects included in the virtual content based on at least one of object type or object usage history.
9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein changing the display settings of the virtual content includes removing from the virtual content at least one virtual element of a plurality of virtual elements included in the virtual content.
10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the at least one virtual element is selected from the plurality of virtual elements based on information indicative of attention of a user of the wearable extended reality appliance.
11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the operations further include ranking importance level of the plurality of virtual elements, and the at least one virtual element is selected from the plurality of virtual elements based on the determined level of importance.
12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the operations further include determining a display settings change for the virtual content based on a user profile associated with a user of the wearable extended reality appliance.
13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the operations further include receiving, over a period of time following implementation of the change to the display settings, updated information indicative of the temperature associated with the wearable extended reality appliance, and altering at least one of the display settings to an initial value.
14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the operations further include changing display settings of the virtual content before the temperature associated with the wearable extended reality appliance reaches a threshold associated with the wearable extended reality appliance.
15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the operations further include determining a value for the threshold based on a user profile associated with a user of the wearable extended reality appliance.
16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein a degree of change to the display settings of the virtual content is based on the temperature indicated by the received information.
17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein changing the display settings of the virtual content is based on data indicative of a temperature trajectory.
18. A method for changing display of virtual content based on temperature, the method comprising:
displaying virtual content via a wearable extended reality appliance, wherein during displaying of the virtual content, heat is generated by at least one component of the wearable extended reality appliance;
receiving information indicative of a temperature associated with the wearable extended reality appliance;
determining a need to change display settings of the virtual content based on the received information, wherein determining the need to change the display settings includes predicting a time when the wearable extended reality appliance will be inactive;
when the heat generated by the wearable extended reality appliance exceeds a critical value and the predicted time exceeds a critical duration, changing the display settings of the virtual content to achieve a target temperature; and
when the heat generated by the wearable extended reality appliance exceeds a critical value and the predicted time is below a critical duration, maintaining current display settings.
19. A temperature controlled wearable extended reality appliance, comprising:
a wearable frame;
at least one lens associated with the frame;
a plurality of heat-emitting light sources in the frame, the heat-emitting light sources being configured to project images on the at least one lens;
a temperature sensor within the frame and configured to output a signal indicative of a temperature associated with heat generated by the plurality of heat-emitting light sources; and
at least one processor configured to:
display virtual content via the wearable extended reality appliance, wherein during displaying of the virtual content, heat is generated by at least one component of the wearable extended reality appliance;
receive information indicative of a temperature associated with the wearable extended reality appliance;
determine a need to change display settings of the virtual content based on the received information, wherein determining the need to change the display settings includes predicting a time when the wearable extended reality appliance will be inactive;
when the heat generated by the wearable extended reality appliance exceeds a critical value and the predicted time exceeds a critical duration, change the display settings of the virtual content to achieve a target temperature; and
when the heat generated by the wearable extended reality appliance exceeds a critical value and the predicted time is below a critical duration, maintain current display settings.