Abstract: A video display system according to an embodiment includes a display unit, a projection unit, and a display control unit. The display unit displays an image thereon. The projection unit projects a virtual image corresponding to the image onto a target space with outgoing light of the display unit. The display control unit is able to change a projection distance from a viewpoint of a user, who is viewing the virtual image, to the virtual image projected onto the target space. The display control unit changes the projection distance in a change pattern. The change pattern varies according to situation information.

Abstract: A display device includes a display, a sensor module which senses a color temperature of light incident to the sensor module from an outside of the display device, and a processor electrically connected to the display and the sensor module. The processor operates in a first mode or a second mode or is turned off, depending on a user input, outputs a moving picture to the display in the first mode, outputs a still image to the display if detecting a user, turns off the display if failing to detect the user, in the second mode, adjusts a color temperature of the still image based on the color temperature sensed by using the sensor module in outputting the still image, and outputs the still image having the adjusted color temperature to the display.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for interacting with a three-dimensional virtual environment, including receiving an input associated with a change in pose of a user's hand; estimating, based on at least the input, a first pose in the virtual environment for an input source associated with the hand; identifying a surface of a virtual object in the virtual environment; rendering a frame depicting elements of the virtual environment, the frame including a pixel rendered for a position on the surface; determining a distance between the position and a virtual input line extending through a position of the first pose and in a direction of the first pose; changing a pixel color rendered for the pixel based on the distance between the position and the virtual input line; and displaying the frame including the pixel with the changed pixel color to the user via a head-mounted display device.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for hardware page cache migration. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a memory management unit (MMU) to manage memory page migration in multi-processor environments in which multiple processors share a virtual memory address space, the memory page migration comprising movement of one or more memory pages from a local memory of a first processor to a local memory of a second processor; a central page cache integral to or coupled to the MMU, the central page cache to store memory pages based on requests generated from one or more of the multiple processors; access pattern detection circuitry/logic to detect data access patterns associated with data access requests from one or more of the multiple processors; and an adaptive page prefetcher to prefetch one or more memory pages to the central page cache responsive to the access pattern detection circuitry/logic detecting one of the data access patterns.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus and method is provided for shape-refinement of a triangular 3D mesh using a modified Shape from Shading (SFS) scheme. The electronic apparatus generates a flat two-dimensional (2D) mesh based on an orthographic projection of an initial three-dimensional (3D) triangular mesh on an image plane that includes a plurality of square grid vertices. The electronic apparatus estimates a final grid depth value for each square grid vertex of the flat 2D mesh based on a modified SFS scheme. The modified SFS scheme corresponds to an objective relationship among a reference grid image intensity value, an initial grid depth value, and a grid albedo value for each square grid vertex of the plurality of square grid vertices. The electronic apparatus estimates a final 3D triangular mesh based on the initial 3D triangular mesh and the estimated final grid depth value.

Abstract: A video display system includes a display unit, a projection unit, and a display control unit. The display unit displays an image. The projection unit projects a virtual image onto a target space with outgoing light of the display unit. The display control unit shifts a projection position of the virtual image by changing at least one of a projection distance or an angle of depression. The projection distance is a distance from a viewpoint to the virtual image. The angle of depression is an angle from which the virtual image is viewed from the user's viewpoint. The display control unit changes the projection distance of the virtual image in accordance with a distance instruction and changes at least one of the projection distance or the angle of depression such that the virtual image is projected onto a displayable region of the target space.

Abstract: A landmark detection system can more accurately detect landmarks in images using a detection scheme that penalizes for dispersion parameters, such as variance or scale. The landmark detection system can be trained using both labeled and unlabeled training data in a semi-supervised approach. The landmark detection system can further implement tracking of an object across multiple images using landmark data.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for replacing a background portion of an image. An illustrative method includes receiving a first image, identifying a background portion of the first image and a subject portion of the first image, retrieving metadata associated with the first image, determining, based on the metadata, a geographic location where the first image was captured, retrieving a plurality of other images captured at the geographic location, selecting a second image from the plurality of other images, wherein the second image is associated with metadata indicating that the second image was captured during a predetermined time period, and generating for display a third image comprising the subject portion of the first image placed over the second image.

Abstract: A method of generating an image file of a high resolution 3D garment model on a 3D body model, comprising the steps of: (i) acquiring at least three 2D images of a garment on a mannequin, wherein the at least three 2D images capture a 360° azimuthal angle range of view of the garment, including a texture of the garment; (ii) creating a simplified 3D garment model using the 2D images of the garment; (iii) simulating the smooth and simplified 3D garment model on the 3D body model; (iv) deforming and rendering the high-resolution garment texture on the simulated smooth and simplified 3D garment model on the 3D body model, and (v) generating an image file of the 3D body model, the image file including the deformed and rendered high-resolution garment texture, on the simulated smooth and simplified 3D garment model, on the 3D body model.

Abstract: Systems and methods providing for determining physical location of a device of a user of an augmented reality environment corresponding to a physical space. The systems and methods involve requesting and receiving a list of participating users having a GPS location within a predetermined radius of a first device; sending advertising and scanning beacons, via a first wireless network, to generate a second list of devices present in the physical space; performing simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) using the participating devices of the second list; generating a third list based at least partly on a Bluetooth connection between the one or more participating devices of the second list; and identifying the participating devices of the third list.

Abstract: There is provided a display control system including a plurality of display units, an imaging unit configured to capture a subject, a predictor configured to predict an action of the subject according to a captured image captured by the imaging unit, a guide image generator configured to generate a guide image that guides the subject according to a prediction result from the predictor, and a display controller configured to, on the basis of the prediction result from the predictor, select a display unit capable of displaying an image at a position corresponding to the subject from the plurality of display units, and to control the selected display unit to display the guide image at the position corresponding to the subject.

Abstract: Techniques are described for virtual representation creation and display. Processing circuitry may identify substantially transparent pixels in a virtual hairstyle, identify a first set of pixels that are away from the identified substantially transparent pixels, increase an opacity level for a second set of pixels that excludes the first set of pixels by a first amount, and generate the virtual hairstyle based on the first set of pixels and the second set of pixels having the increased opacity level. With the generated virtual hairstyle, processing circuitry of a personal computing device may blend, in a first pass, one or more pixels of the version of the generated virtual hairstyle having an opacity level greater than or equal to a threshold opacity level, and blend, in a second pass, one or more pixels of the version of the generated virtual hairstyle having an opacity level less than the threshold opacity level.

Abstract: A virtual reality experience apparatus includes: a displaying device configured to provide an experiencing user with a virtual reality image; and a riding device configured to provide the experiencing user with a motion, wherein the riding device includes: a riding part providing the experiencing user with a ridable space, and a gyro mechanism generating a pitching motion and a rolling motion of the riding part, wherein the gyro mechanism includes: a base structure having a pair of support columns disposed apart from each other, a pitching mechanism rotatably mounted on the pair of support columns to be rotated with respect to a pitching axis extending between the pair of support columns, and a rolling mechanism rotatably mounted on the pitching mechanism to be rotated with respect to a rolling axis perpendicular to the pitching axis.

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include tracking (1) a position of a primary real-world object within a real-world environment via a primary tracking method, and (2) a position of a secondary real-world object within the real-world environment via a secondary tracking method. The method may further include presenting (1) a primary virtual object at a position within an artificial environment corresponding to the tracked position of the primary real-world object, and (2) a secondary virtual object at a position within the artificial environment corresponding to the tracked position of the secondary real-world object. The method may further include (1) detecting an interaction of the primary real-world object with the secondary real-world object, and (2) transitioning to tracking the position of the primary real-world object via the secondary tracking method. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: Given a parcel of land that is regulated by city zoning rules, the system and method described uses a combination of rule based coded and machine learning to parametrically create geometry for the maximum or optimal buildable envelope with the least amount of regulation.

Abstract: A path tracing system in which the traversal task is distributed between one global acceleration structure, which is central in the system, and multiple local acceleration structures, distributed among cells, of high locality and of autonomous processing. Accordingly, the centrality of the critical resource of accelerating structure is reduced, lessening bottlenecks, while improving parallelism.

Abstract: This application provides a method for controlling a virtual object performed at an electronic device: obtaining a current location of a virtual object in a virtual scene; determining whether the current location is located outside an associated area of the virtual object; in accordance with a determination that the current location of the virtual object is outside the associated area of the virtual object: determining a current state of the virtual object at the current location; in accordance with a determination that the virtual object is performing an action of a first state, controlling the virtual object to return to a pre-specified location within the associated area after the virtual object completes the action; and in accordance with a determination that the virtual object is in a second state: controlling the virtual object to return to the pre-specified location within the associated area after waiting a predetermined time period.

Abstract: A projection display device includes an image data control unit that controls image data to be input to a light modulation unit, and a situation determination unit that determines, in a state where an automated driving mode is set, whether or not a situation has occurred where an operation device mounted in a vehicle and used for driving needs to be operated. When it is determined that the situation has occurred where the operation device needs to be operated, the image data control unit inputs, to a driving unit, first image data for displaying images corresponding to a plurality of operation devices in a positional relationship corresponding to an arrangement of the plurality of operation devices and displaying, in an emphasized manner, the image corresponding to the operation device that needs to be operated, and displays an operation assisting image that is based on the first image data.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure disclose a system, method and apparatus for displaying information. A specific embodiment of the method comprises: acquiring currently displayed information, the currently displayed information including an image; associating an augmented reality AR display identifier with the currently displayed information, in response to a preset object in a preset object set existing in the image; displaying the image associated with an AR play identifier, in response to receiving a request for browsing the currently displayed information associated with the AR display identifier from a user; acquiring AR image data of the preset object existing in the image from a server, in response to receiving a request for browsing the image associated with the AR play identifier from the user; and displaying an AR image of the preset object existing in the image based on the AR image data of the preset object existing in the image.

Abstract: Techniques are presented for constructing a digital representation of a physical environment. In some embodiments, a method includes obtaining image data indicative of the physical environment; receiving gesture input data from a user corresponding to at least one location in the physical environment, based on the obtained image data; detecting at least one discontinuity in the physical environment near the at least one location corresponding to the received gesture input data; and generating a digital surface corresponding to a surface in the physical environment, based on the received gesture input data and the at least one discontinuity.