Visual stabilization system for head-mounted displays

摘要

Introduced herein are various techniques for displaying virtual and augmented reality content via a head-mounted display (HMD). The techniques can be used to improve the effectiveness of the HMD, as well as the general experience and comfort of users of the HMD. A binocular HMD system may present visual stabilizers to each eye that allow users to more easily fuse the digital content seen by each eye. In some embodiments the visual stabilizers are positioned within the digital content so that they converge to a shared location when viewed by a user, while in other embodiments the visual stabilizers are mapped to different locations within the user's field of view (e.g., peripheral areas) and are visually distinct from one another. These techniques allow the user to more easily fuse the digital content, thereby decreasing the eye fatigue and strain typically experienced when viewing virtual or augmented reality content.

主权项

1. A system for generating and implementing visual stabilizers that serve as visual cues for a user of a binocular head-mounted device and that allow digital content to be more easily visually fused by the user, thereby decreasing eye fatigue experienced by the user over time, the system comprising:
a processor communicatively coupled to an image display system of a head-mounted device and a memory, the processor operable to execute instructions stored in the memory; and the memory, which includes specific instructions for generating visual stabilizers that are presented within digital content viewable by a user on a first optical display surface and a second optical display surface of the head-mounted device, wherein the specific instructions cause the processor to:
generate a first visual stabilizer that is a first digital representation of at least part of a geometric shape;integrate the first visual stabilizer into a first digital image to form a first composite image, the first composite image to be shown to one of the user's eyes;cause the first composite image to be presented on the first optical display surface;generate a second visual stabilizer that is a second digital representation of at least part of the geometric shape;integrate the second visual stabilizer into a second digital image to form a second composite image, the second composite image to be shown to the user's other eye; andcause the second composite image to be presented on the second optical display surface,
where the first and second visual stabilizers are positioned within the first and second composite images, respectively, so that the first and second visual stabilizers substantially overlay one another when simultaneously viewed by the user, thereby decreasing an effort required to visually fuse the first and second composite images together.