Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to generating, conducting, and reporting digital surveys utilizing augmented reality devices and/or virtual reality devices. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods assist administrators in generating digital surveys utilizing interactive virtual environments via a virtual reality device and/or augmented reality elements via an augmented reality device. Similarly, the disclosed systems and methods can provide digital surveys via augmented reality devices and/or virtual reality devices, for instance, by monitoring user interactions via the augmented reality and/or virtual reality devices and providing digital surveys based on the monitored user interactions. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods can present survey results and allow administrators to interact with survey results utilizing augmented reality devices and/or virtual reality devices.

Abstract: Systems and methods for item acquisition by selection of a virtual object placed in digital environment are disclosed. A processor(s) and memory may be configured to receive a coordinate for placement of a 2D or 3D virtual object in a 3D digital environment, including a digital twin of a real-world location, control the display to display the virtual object when a position corresponding to the received coordinate is within a field of view of the image capture device. The system receives an input via the user interface for selecting virtual objects which are then tracked in both the real-world and 3D digital environment simultaneously. The system enabling the accurate updating and display of all augmented reality and virtual reality content and digital twin data for a seamless blend of both to provide a shared cross-modal experience for all users.

Abstract: Systems and methods for production and presentation of video content are provided. The system receives a camera signal indicative of image data of a scene that includes a transparent panel and receives an overlay signal having at least one visual element. The system generates a first signal based on the processed camera and overlay signals and displays, on a first display, a processed image of the first signal indicative of the at least one visual element overlaid on the image data. The system displays an application window of a second signal on a second display and, based on a user input, relocates the application window from the second display to the overlay signal. The system displays the application window on the first display by transforming the application window utilizing a keying function and overlaying the transformed application window in the processed image of the first signal.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for displaying augmented reality content. The program and method provide for receiving, by a device, user input selecting an augmented reality content item for display, the augmented reality content item corresponding to a tutorial with augmented reality content; causing, in response to receiving the user input, a camera of the device to activate to capture an image feed; displaying tutorial content in conjunction with the image feed; and modifying the image feed with augmented reality content that corresponds to the tutorial content.

Abstract: When storing captured image data in an information server, a mobile information terminal transmits related information (date and time information, location information, direction angle information, information of a distance to a subject, and user identification information) at the time of imaging to the information server. In addition, when making a request for the image data stored in the information server, current terminal information and image search conditions describing image data replay conditions are transmitted to the information server. The information server searches for corresponding image data based on the current terminal information and the image search conditions and transmits the corresponding image data to the mobile information terminal. The mobile information terminal displays the received image data on the display unit as a related image. Therefore, a user can effectively recall the memories, such as a situation or impression at the time of imaging.

Abstract: A method for providing an augmented reality service using an AR sticker comprises: a step where a mobile terminal requests, from a server, an AR sticker template enabling a user to edit an AR sticker, and the server transmits the AR sticker template; a step where the mobile terminal directly edits the AR sticker image using the AR sticker template and creates AR content corresponding to the AR sticker image; a step where the server receives the AR sticker image and the AR content from the mobile terminal and stores same in an AR database, and creates an AR sticker including the AR sticker image and the AR content; a step where the mobile terminal receives the AR sticker, transmits the AR sticker to a printer, and requests printing of the AR sticker; and a step where the printer prints the AR sticker and conveys the printed AR sticker.

Abstract: Example methods and systems may be used intraoperatively to help surgeons perform accurate and replicable surgeries, such as knee arthroplasty surgeries. An example system combines real time measurement and tracking components with functionality to compile data collected by the hardware to register a bone of a patient, calculate an axis (e.g., mechanical axis) of the leg of the patient, assist a surgeon in placing cut guides, and verify a placement of an inserted prosthesis.

Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a computer system for transferring knowledge from an expert to a user using a mixed reality rendering. The method includes determining a user perspective of a user viewing an object on which a procedure is to be performed. The method includes determining an anchoring of the user perspective to an expert perspective, the expert perspective associated with an expert providing a demonstration of the procedure. The method includes generating a virtual rendering of the expert at the user perspective based on the anchoring at a scene viewed by the user, the virtual rendering corresponding to the demonstration of the procedure as performed by the expert. The method includes generating a mixed reality environment in which the virtual rendering of the expert is shown in the scene viewed by the user.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described in which the location of a tap on the body of a handheld device is determined in real time using data streams from an embedded inertial measurement unit (IMU). Taps may be generated by striking the handheld device with an object (e.g., a finger), or by moving the handheld device in a manner that causes it to strike another object. IMU accelerometer, gyroscopic and/or orientation (relative to the magnetic and/or gravitational pull of the earth) measurements are examined for signatures that distinguish a tap at a location on the body of the device compared with signal characteristics produced by taps at other locations. Neural network and/or numerical methods may be used to perform such classifications.

Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure include an image obtaining method and apparatus, a server, and a storage medium. In the method, a target application process corresponding to a user identifier is obtained, by processing circuitry, from an application process set. A plurality of window image data that is currently generated is obtained, via a data obtaining module, when an image rendering function in the target application process is called. Image synthesis processing is performed on the plurality of window image data, to obtain a user interface image to be displayed. Further, a notification message that includes the user interface image is transmitted to a user terminal corresponding to the user identifier for display on a user interface.

Abstract: In an image display system that is equipped with a camera that images a figure of a visitor of a theme park in front of a mirror device and a background, a server that processes an image of the visitor imaged by the camera and that generates display data, and a display device that displays the display data generated by the server on the mirror device, the server includes a database that stores image data on a character, and generates the display data after replacing part of the image of the visitor imaged by the camera with part of an image of the character selected by the visitor with reference to the database.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method performed by a processing system including a processor, including receiving, from an augmented reality device, image data associated with a visual apparatus, determining whether the image data indicates a marker, and, responsive to determining that the image date indicates the marker, determining a first characteristic associated with a user of the augmented reality device, and sending a notification to an advertising server responsive to determining the image data includes the marker, where the advertising server sends content data to the augmented reality device responsive to the notification, and where the content data is selected by the advertising server according to the first characteristic associated with the user of the augmented reality device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A display includes a calculation unit to calculate, when first and second events that occur in an external device are transmitted from the external device, operating time from when the first event is ended by operation for the first event to when the second event is ended by operation for the second event; a storage unit to store operating procedures that are histories of the operation for the second event and the associated operating times; and a display unit to display any of the operating procedures in the storage unit, according to instruction from the calculation unit. When the second event is newly transmitted after the calculation of the operating time is completed, the calculation unit selects an operating procedure used for operation guidance from among the operating procedures based on the operating times and causes the display unit to display the selected operating procedure, thereby executing the operation guidance.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a map display method performed at a terminal. The method includes: obtaining a real scene image of a current location and target navigation data of navigation from the current location to a destination; determining, according to the current location and the target navigation data, virtual navigation prompt information to be overlaid in the real scene image; determining, according to a device configuration parameter of a target device capturing the real scene image, a first location on which the virtual navigation prompt information is overlaid in the real scene image; performing verification detection on the current device configuration parameter; and overlaying the virtual navigation prompt information on the first location when the current device configuration parameter passes through the verification detection. According to the present disclosure, an AR technology is applied to the navigation field so that map display manners are more diverse and diversified.

Abstract: A method for configuring a network service system for performing a network service using AR comprises: at a user device executing an AR cabling application: communicating, to an AR cabling subsystem of the network service system, network service task identification information usable for identifying at least one testing or monitoring case (TMC) definition provisioned within the network service system; receiving, from the AR cabling subsystem of the network service system, cabling instructions based on the network service task identification information, wherein the cabling instructions is for instructing the user to perform a cabling task associated with the at least one TMC definition, wherein the cabling task involves connecting at least one cable to one or more physical ports of a physical resource of the network service system; and providing, via a display and using at least one AR element, the cabling instructions for instructing the user to perform the cabling task.

Abstract: A reflective cable system for a geophysical survey system includes a reflective cable that includes a conductive wire surrounded by an electrically insulating sheath and an exterior surface. The reflective cable includes reflective material that is on or visible through the exterior surface and that is configured to reflect a complete spectrum of light provided by a light source back to the light source. The reflective cable system also includes a connector electrically coupled to at least one end of the reflective cable and configured to couple to a geophysical survey system. The reflective cable may be used to locate the reflective cable in a physical environment and used to determine a position of the reflective cable using lidar or photogrammetry for generating geophysical survey models.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a method for sharing a collaborative augmented reality (AR) environment including obtaining, by a sensor system of a first computing system, visual data representing a physical space of an AR environment, where the visual data is used to create a three-dimensional (3D) map of the physical space. The 3D map includes a coordinate space having at least one virtual object added by a user of the first computing system. The method includes broadcasting, by a transducer on the first computing system, an ultrasound signal, where the ultrasound signal includes an identifier associated with the 3D map. The identifier is configured to be detected by a second computing system to join the AR environment.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a second display device which is connected to a driving support ECU, and a meter ECU. The driving support ECU performs a plurality of diving support functions by executing a plurality of driving support controls. The meter ECU hides an integrated telltale image in a predetermined area of the second display device when all of a plurality of recommended driving support functions selected among the driving support functions have been set in the valid states. The meter ECU displays the integrated telltale image in the predetermined area of the second display device when at least one of the recommended driving support functions which has been set in the invalid state is present.

Abstract: A display device includes a biometric information value acquiring portion, a comparing portion, and a subject state determining portion. The biometric information value acquiring portion subsequently acquires a subject's biometric information value. The comparing portion compares a first biometric information value that is subsequently acquired by the biometric information value acquiring portion with a second biometric information value which is different from the first biometric information value that is subsequently acquired by the biometric information value acquiring portion. The subject state determining portion determines that the user could get a certain improvement owing to the treatment on the user on the basis of a comparison result by the comparing portion.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a picture generation method and device, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining a source portrait picture displaying a target object; cropping the source portrait picture to obtain a face region picture corresponding to a face of the target object excluding a hair portion; inputting the face region picture to a picture generation model to obtain an output result of the picture generation model, the picture generation model being obtained after machine learning training through an adversarial neural network model by using a plurality of sample pictures; and generating a target portrait picture by using the output result of the picture generation model, the target portrait picture displaying a target hairstyle matching the face of the target object. This disclosure resolves the technical problem that pictures generated in related art cannot achieve an effect expected by a user and other technical problems.