Virtual window in head-mounted display

摘要

Methods and systems involving a virtual window in a head-mounted display (HMD) are disclosed herein. An exemplary system may be configured to: (i) receive head-movement data that is indicative of head movement; (ii) cause an HMD to operate in a first mode in which the HMD is configured to: (a) simultaneously provide a virtual window and a physical-world view in the HMD; (b) display, in the virtual window, a portion of a media item that corresponds to a field of view; (c) determine movement of the field of view; and (d) update the portion of the media item that is displayed in the virtual window; (iii) receive mode-switching input data and responsively cause the HMD to switch between the first mode and a second mode; and (iv) responsive to the mode-switching input data, cause the HMD to operate in the second mode.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by at least one processor to:
receive head-movement data that is indicative of head movement;cause a head-mountable display (HMD) to operate in a first mode in which the HMD is configured to:
(a) simultaneously provide a virtual window in the HMD and a physical-world view;(b) display, in the virtual window, a portion of a media item that corresponds to a field of view, wherein the field of view is moveable in a substantially continual manner throughout the media item;(c) determine, based on the head-movement data, movement of the field of view; and(d) update the portion of the media item that is displayed in the virtual window according to the determined movement of the field of view; andreceive mode-switching input data and responsively cause the HMD to switch from the first mode to operate in a second mode in which the HMD is configured to:
(e) display a selection icon and a specific portion of the media item in the virtual window, wherein the specific portion of the media item that is displayed corresponds to the field of view at or near receipt of the mode-switching input data, and wherein the virtual window is locked to the specific portion of the media item in response to the receipt of the mode-switching input data;(f) determine, based on the head-movement data, movement of the selection icon within the virtual window; and(g) move the selection icon as determined within the virtual window while the specific portion of the media item is displayed.