Archives for Inventions
Sony Patents New Haptic Feedback Gloves for PSVR
It appears Sony has some lofty ambitions for its upcoming PlayStation 5 aimed at making the virtual reality experiences more immersive and realistic. A patent published at the USPTO shows…
Patent Filing Reveals Additional Details About Facebook’s Augmented Reality Glasses
The Facebook augmented reality glasses are still years away from reality but we finally have a few details on how they might look and work. Facebook has a new patent…
Top Five Breakthroughs in VR and AR to Expect in the Next Five Years
Virtual reality and augmented reality represent a next frontier in technological innovation and many of the leading tech giants are investing heavily into these immersive technologies including Google, Facebook, HTC,…
Sony Patents a VR Gyroscopic Seat Posture Control System
Sony has filed patent describing a new VR-based input device that shift’s the player’s body orientation as they play virtual reality games. The patent is of a gyroscopic seat which…
Facebook Working on Fully Tracked Full-Body Virtual Reality Avatars
VR Avatars to get more realistic in the future Facebook is currently in the process of developing full-body virtual reality avatars that will be as expressive as real humans. That…
Microsoft’s SeeingVR Tools Helping People with Vision Problems View Unity VR Apps
On paper, virtual reality headsets shouldn’t pose a problem for people with vision problems. The screens are up-close and have a very high degree of contrast along with lenses that…
Facebook is Developing an Artificial Intelligence Voice Assistant for its Portal and Oculus Products
According to an earlier report by CNBC which has since been confirmed by Facebook itself, the tech company is working on an AI-powered digital voice assistant similar to the pre-existing…
Sony Patents VR-Friendly Prescription Glasses Equipped with Eye-Tracking
One of the many obstacles to mass adoption of virtual reality is the problems faced by glass-wearers when putting on the virtual reality headsets. Although some headsets accommodate this better…
FeelReal to Crowdfund for its Multisensory VR Mask in April
Sense of smell now becoming a part of the virtual reality experience Virtual reality is just about to acquire a smell and other sensations after FeelReal’s announcement this week of…
Google Invents VR Controller That Adds Location and Orientation Tracking
A patent filing published this Thursday describes Google’s plan to invent a “VR Arm Model” that could make it possible for systems to supplement tracking information for the location of…