Reconfiguring reality using a reality overlay device

摘要

Virtual entities are displayed alongside real world entities in a wearable reality overlay device worn by the user. Information related to an environment proximate to the wearable device is determined. For example, a position of the wearable device may be determined, a camera may capture an image of the environment, etc. Virtual entity image information representative of an entity desired to be virtually displayed is processed based on the determined information. An image of the entity is generated based on the processed image information as a non-transparent region of a lens of the wearable device, enabling the entity to appear to be present in the environment to the user. The image of the entity may conceal a real world entity that would otherwise be visible to the user through the wearable device. Other real world entities may be visible to the user through the wearable device.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
determining, by at least one processing unit, information related to a wearable device and one or more real-world entities located in an environment proximate to and viewable through the wearable device; receiving, by the at least one processing unit, image information processed based at least on the determined information, the image information being representative of a first entity; generating, by the at least one processing unit, an image of the first entity based on the processed image information as a first entity display region of a lens of the wearable device to enable the first entity to appear to be present in the environment using the wearable device, the first entity is a virtual first entity; tracking, by the at least one processing unit, a position of a movable second entity in the environment, the second entity is visible through a transparent region of the lens of the wearable device and is a real-world second entity; optically aligning, by the at least one processing unit, the image of the virtual first entity on the lens of the wearable device with the movable real-world second entity, the optically aligning comprising performing at least one of positioning and sizing the virtual first entity to conceal at least a portion of the real-world second entity otherwise visible through the lens of the wearable device as the real-world second entity is being tracked.