Abstract: Systems and methods configured to facilitate animation are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain a first scene definition; receive second entity information; integrate the second entity information into the first scene definition such that a second scene definition is generated; for each of the entities of the entity information, execute a simulation of the virtual reality scene from the second scene definition for at least a portion of the scene duration; for each of the entities of the entity information, analyze the second scene definition for deviancy between the given entity and the second motion capture information; for each of the entities of the entity information, indicate, based on the analysis for deviancy, the given entity as deviant; and for each of the entities of the entity information, re-integrate the given entity into the second scene definition.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 10, 2020
Date of Patent:
June 22, 2021
Assignee:
Mindshow Inc.
Inventors:
Jeffrey Scott Dixon, William Stuart Farquhar
Abstract: A system configured to generate and/or modify three-dimensional scenes comprising animated character(s) based on individual asynchronous motion capture recordings. The system may comprise sensor(s), display(s), and/or processor(s). The system may receive selection of a first character to virtually embody within the virtual space, receive a first request to capture the motion and/or the sound for the first character, and/or record first motion capture information characterizing the motion and/or the sound made by the first user as the first user virtually embodies the first character. The system may receive selection of a second character to virtually embody, receive a second request to capture the motion and/or the sound for the second character, and/or record second motion capture information. The system may generate a compiled virtual reality scene wherein the first character and the second character appear animated within the compiled virtual reality scene contemporaneously.
Abstract: This disclosure describes a system configured to present primary and secondary, tertiary, etc., virtual reality content to a user. Primary virtual reality content may be displayed to a user, and, responsive to the user turning his view away from the primary virtual reality content, a sensory cue is provided to the user that indicates to the user that his view is no longer directed toward the primary virtual reality content, and secondary, tertiary, etc., virtual reality content may be displayed to the user. Primary virtual reality content may resume when the user returns his view to the primary virtual reality content. Primary virtual reality content may be adjusted based on a user's interaction with the secondary, tertiary, etc., virtual reality content. Secondary, tertiary, etc., virtual reality content may be adjusted based on a user's progression through the primary virtual reality content, or interaction with the primary virtual reality content.
Abstract: A system and/or method that uses a body posture of a user to determine and modulate a content mode of a virtual reality system. The content mode may define the manner in which virtual reality content is presented to the user and/or the manner in which the user interacts with the virtual reality content. The user's body posture and/or a change in body posture may cause the content mode and/or the virtual reality content to change accordingly. In some implementations, primary content may be presented to the user according to a first content mode in response to the user sitting. Secondary virtual reality content may be presented to the user according to the second content mode in response to the user standing. As such, a user may initiate a change in the virtual reality content and/or the content mode by standing from a sitting posture and/or sitting from a standing posture.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 17, 2019
Date of Patent:
October 6, 2020
Assignee:
Mindshow Inc.
Inventors:
Jonathan Michael Ross, Gil Baron, Cosmo Raleigh Scharf, Luke Russell Patterson, Jake Richard Parker, John Kanikula Peters