Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to provide remote telepresence communication. At least one non-transitory machine-readable medium comprises instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to identify features from a plurality of images, the plurality of images representing a first user and a second user, create a first representation of the first user, a second representation of the second user, the representations created using the plurality of images, the representations representing the respective users at specified distances and specified perspectives from a viewer, and construct a first image, the first image including the second model at a specified location within a shared environment, the first image to be presented on a first display.

Abstract: Example apparatus disclosed herein are to cause display of first image data of a real-world scene captured by a first image sensor, the first image data providing a first perspective of the scene; cause display of second image data of the scene captured by a second image sensor, the second image data providing a second perspective of the scene, the second perspective different than the first perspective based on different positions of the first and second image sensors relative to the scene; cause display of a pivot axis line superimposed on at least one of the first image data or the second image data, the pivot axis line to indicate a point of rotation, within the scene, of variable viewpoint media to be generated based on the first and second image data; and cause the first and second image sensors to capture the image data for the variable viewpoint media.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques related to thin form factor head mounted displays and near light field displays are discussed. Such devices may include a display to present elemental images, a primary lens array in an optical path between the display and a viewing zone of a user, the primary lens array to magnify elemental images to a viewing zone, and a secondary array of optical elements between the display and the primary lens array to concentrate elemental images from the display to the primary lens array.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques related to thin form factor head mounted displays and near light field displays are discussed. Such devices may include a display to present elemental images, a primary lens array in an optical path between the display and a viewing zone of a user, the primary lens array to magnify elemental images to a viewing zone, and a secondary array of optical elements between the display and the primary lens array to concentrate elemental images from the display to the primary lens array.

Abstract: In exemplary implementations of this invention, a basketball net or flat net measures the translational kinetic energy of a ball that passes through an aperture in the net or impacts the net. The net includes one or more electrically conductive cords, which have a resistance that varies depending on the degree to which the cord is stretched. From sensor measurements, a processor determines: (a) instantaneous rate of change of resistance, and (b) duration of a time period that begins when resistance exceeds a baseline (with hysteresis). In the case of a basketball net, a processor may calculate the translational kinetic energy of the ball as equal to a sum of two terms. The first term is inversely proportional to the square of the duration; the second is proportional to the square of the integral of the instantaneous rate of change of resistance over the time period.

Abstract: In exemplary implementations of this invention, a main content feed is displayed on a main screen. A user may select one or more auxiliary feeds of content to display simultaneously on a second screen. The second screen is located on a handheld device. The user makes the selection by changing the orientation of the handheld device relative to the main screen. For example, the user may select which auxiliary feed to display by pointing the device at different areas that are around the periphery of the main screen. The handheld device includes one or more sensors for gathering data, and one or more processors for (a) processing the sensor data to calculate the orientation of the handheld device relative to the main screen and (b) based at least in part on that orientation, selecting which of the auxiliary feeds to display.

Abstract: In exemplary implementations of this invention, a basketball net or flat net measures the translational kinetic energy of a ball that passes through an aperture in the net or impacts the net. The net includes one or more electrically conductive cords, which have a resistance that varies depending on the degree to which the cord is stretched. From sensor measurements, a processor determines: (a) instantaneous rate of change of resistance, and (b) duration of a time period that begins when resistance exceeds a baseline (with hysteresis). In the case of a basketball net, a processor may calculate the translational kinetic energy of the ball as equal to a sum of two terms. The first term is inversely proportional to the square of the duration; the second is proportional to the square of the integral of the instantaneous rate of change of resistance over the time period.

Abstract: In exemplary implementations of this invention, a basketball net or flat net measures the translational kinetic energy of a ball that passes through an aperture in the net or impacts the net. The net includes one or more electrically conductive cords, which have a resistance that varies depending on the degree to which the cord is stretched. From sensor measurements, a processor determines: (a) instantaneous rate of change of resistance, and (b) duration of a time period that begins when resistance exceeds a baseline (with hysteresis). In the case of a basketball net, a processor may calculate the translational kinetic energy of the ball as equal to a sum of two terms. The first term is inversely proportional to the square of the duration; the second is proportional to the square of the integral of the instantaneous rate of change of resistance over the time period.

Abstract: In exemplary implementations of this invention, a basketball net or flat net measures the translational kinetic energy of a ball that passes through an aperture in the net or impacts the net. The net includes one or more electrically conductive cords, which have a resistance that varies depending on the degree to which the cord is stretched. From sensor measurements, a processor determines: (a) instantaneous rate of change of resistance, and (b) duration of a time period that begins when resistance exceeds a baseline (with hysteresis). In the case of a basketball net, a processor may calculate the translational kinetic energy of the ball as equal to a sum of two terms. The first term is inversely proportional to the square of the duration; the second is proportional to the square of the integral of the instantaneous rate of change of resistance over the time period.

Abstract: In exemplary implementations of this invention, a main content feed is displayed on a main screen. A user may select one or more auxiliary feeds of content to display simultaneously on a second screen. The second screen is located on a handheld device. The user makes the selection by changing the orientation of the handheld device relative to the main screen. For example, the user may select which auxiliary feed to display by pointing the device at different areas that are around the periphery of the main screen. The handheld device includes one or more sensors for gathering data, and one or more processors for (a) processing the sensor data to calculate the orientation of the handheld device relative to the main screen and (b) based at least in part on that orientation, selecting which of the auxiliary feeds to display.