Abstract: A system for immersive physical and graphical virtual reality includes a physical render device internal to the system configured as means for providing a physical 3D world space for a user of the physical render device, an external system configured as a means for providing a graphical 3D world space for a user of the system for immersive physical and graphical virtual reality, and a bridge configured for communicatively coupling the physical render device and the external system for generating a graphical 3D world space, wherein a communicatively coupled internal physical render device for generating 3D world space and external system for generating a graphical 3D world space exchange and synchronize the members of 3D technology providing for 3D motion and 3D interactions within and about a 3D world space world spaces and graphical 3D world spaces such that a user is physically engaged with the physical render device configured as a physical 3D world space providing immersive physical virtual reality.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating composite images. One of the methods includes maintaining first data associating each location within an environment with a particular time; obtaining an image depicting the environment from a point of view of a display device; obtaining second data characterizing one or more virtual objects; and processing the obtained image and the second data to generate a composite image depicting the one or more virtual objects at respective locations in the environment from the point of view of the display device, wherein the composite image depicts each virtual object according to the particular time that the first data associates with the location of the virtual object in the environment.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, a security and safety-related service, etc.) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. Disclosed is a method and device for capturing and rendering content in augmented reality (AR).

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an image processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a program product. The method includes: obtaining a live-action shooting image; determining a target object image in the live-action shooting image, where the target object image is an image containing a target object; acquiring a displaying object associated with the target object; determining, according to the target object image, a target displaying position of the displaying object in the live-action shooting image; and displaying the displaying object at the target displaying position in the live-action shooting image.

Abstract: An electronic device capable of estimating a user's situation is to be provided. The electronic device includes a camera, a processing portion, and a display portion. The camera has a function of capturing an image of a user's eye and his/her periphery repeatedly to generate a plurality of pieces image data. The processing portion has a function of detecting, from the plurality of pieces of image data, a change over time in information including at least one of a frequency of eye blinks, a time taken for one blink, a distance between an upper eyelid and a lower eyelid, a sight direction, and an area of a pupil, a function of estimating a level of user's eye fatigue on the basis of the change over time in information, and a function of generating string information in accordance with the estimated level of user's eye fatigue. The display portion has a function of displaying string information.

Abstract: A system can include edge devices that include communication circuitry; and one or more security components. A method can include receiving security codes from a plurality of edge devices without accessing the Internet: comparing the security codes without accessing the Internet; and, based at least in part on the comparing, connecting the plurality of edge devices for communication without accessing the Internet. A method can include executing a trained machine learning model on an edge device; and, based at least in part on the executing, detecting a change in state of the edge device.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an instruction to transition to a first virtual reality (VR) environment of a first VR application, accessing attribute information of one or more real-world objects in a real-world environment proximate to a VR display device, determining, for each of the one or more real-world objects, one or more first mixed reality (MR) functionalities applicable to the real-world object based on its attribute information, and rendering, for one or more displays of the VR display device, the first VR environment with one or more MR objects corresponding to the one or more real-world objects, wherein each MR object comprises one of the first MR functionalities applicable to the corresponding real-world object.

Abstract: Provided is a program executable in a computer for viewing content. The computer includes a processor and a memory. The program causes the processor to execute generating a virtual space in response to an operation by a first user to designate content and setting a virtual viewpoint corresponding to the first user in the virtual space, starting reproduction of the content designated in the virtual space, and arranging, in the virtual space, at least one of an object pre-associated with the content or a second object corresponding to a second user who has viewed the content in the past. When the first user views the content, the object pre-associated or the second object is arranged at a position not related to a position of the virtual viewpoint of the second user in the virtual space or a position of the object pre-associated, when the second user viewed the content.

Abstract: A method of synchronously displaying measurement data includes: setting a synchronization identifier and a synchronization function for a plurality of measurement data display windows respectively; when a display time span of any measurement data display window in a paused state is modified, calling the synchronization function of other measurement data display windows in a paused state, and matching the synchronization identifier of the measurement data display window in a paused state with the synchronization identifiers of other measurement data display windows in a paused state in the synchronization function; if successfully matching, performing synchronization operation.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system, a method, and a computer programmable product for visualizing volume layers on an object accurately. The system retrieves imaging data relating to an object, generates a set of volume layers corresponding to the object based on the imaging data, and generates a set of guide attributes associated with a virtual guide for the object based on the imaging data. The virtual guide includes an object-specific structure. The system causes to project the virtual guide at least in association with the object and visualizes the set of volume layers in association with the object based on the projected virtual guide.

Abstract: In a storage device are stored, as reference maps, a background map, a color map of an object, and a height map of the object as hierarchical data having a plurality of resolutions. An image processing device loads, when necessary, portions thereof which are required for rendering into a main memory according to movement of a viewpoint, etc., decodes and decompresses portions thereof, and develops the resulting pieces of data in a memory inside a GPU. The GPU refers to these pieces of data to render a display image through ray tracing.

Abstract: An image processing method is carried out by a processor unit configured to input the first image from the camera to determine the portions to be masked in a first image comprising at least one object in front of a video wall display in which a displayed background image is shown and a captured background image of the displayed background image being captured by the camera. Accordingly, the method comprises the steps of determining a camera position and a camera point of view from which the camera receives the first image, accessing a background image that is the source of the displayed background image shown on the video wall display when the camera receives the first image, and creating an edited background image by editing the accessed background image according to a video wall display position information recorded in a memory unit.

Abstract: An apparatus, including: a screen generator configured to generate a screen in response to an application; a resolution selector configured to select a resolution for rendering the screen based on a set of parameters associated with the screen; and a graphics processing unit (GPU) configured to render the screen based on the selected resolution on a display.

Abstract: A multi-perspective visualization system determines one or more positions of one or more people, generates one or more models of one or more demonstration areas from one or more perspectives corresponding to the position, applies one or more digital materials to the model, splits the model into split images corresponding to projector zones, and provides the split images to projectors for the respective zones. If there are multiple people with multiple perspectives, the system may generate multiple versions of the model from different perspectives and configure images of the model to be projected in such a way that they are respectively viewable by the respective person that corresponds to the respective perspective from which the respective model was generated.

Abstract: An image rendering method includes the following: A to-be-processed pixel in a 3D scene layer, a target pixel in the 3D scene layer, a pixel attribute of the to-be-processed pixel, and a pixel attribute of the target pixel are determined according to a map attribute of a to-be-processed map of a 3D on-screen scene, and a map attribute of a target map of the 3D on-screen scene; the target map is rendered onto a render layer according to the map attribute of the target map; a target rendering image corresponding to the 3D on-screen scene is determined based on the 3D scene layer and the render layer, and the target rendering image is projected and displayed.

Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include receiving an input indicating an edit to a graph, the graph including a plurality of nodes connected by a plurality of edges, and modifying the graph according to the input. Upon determining that the modification causes a node of the graph to be isolated, a hidden edge is generated to connect the node to at least one other node of the graph.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and techniques herein relates to determining directions in GAN latent space and obtaining disentangled controls over GAN output semantics, for example, to enable use of such to generating synthesized images such as for use to train another model or create an augmented reality The methods, apparatus and techniques herein, in accordance with embodiments, utilize the gradient directions of auxiliary networks to control semantics in GAN latent codes. It is shown that minimal amounts of labelled data with sizes as small as 60 samples can be used, which data can be obtained quickly with human supervision. It is also shown herein, in accordance with embodiments, to select important latent code channels with masks during manipulation, resulting in more disentangled controls.

Abstract: A drawing data examination method acquires coordinates representing the positions of a first control point group forming a B-spline curve; calculates a B-spline curve intersection ratio; converts the coordinates of the first control point group into the coordinates of a second control point group of a Bezier curve when the B-spline curve intersection ratio exceeds a threshold value, and determines whether the figure after the coordinate conversion has an intersection; and determines whether the figure of the drawing data has an intersection based on the first control point group when the B-spline curve intersection ratio is equal to or smaller than the threshold value, and converts the coordinates of the first control point group into the coordinates of the second control point group when the figure of the drawing data has an intersection, and determines whether the figure after the coordinate conversion has an intersection.

Abstract: A methodology is described that provides access to an augmented reality (AR) component maintained by a messaging server system directly from a web view application. When a user activates, from a web view application executing in the messaging client, a user selectable element that references an AR component, a web view AR system obtains the identification of the AR component, performs validation of the identification and of any additional launch data, and launches a camera view user interface (UI) with the AR component loaded in the camera view UI. Content captured from the camera view UI can be shared to other computing devices.

Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed herein relate generally to using augmented reality (AR) for receiving and displaying recommended devices proximate a structure. In some examples, underlay layer data may be received (e.g., from a camera of an AR viewer device); and overlay layer data may be received (e.g., from a different camera or other overlay layer device). An AR display may be created by correlating the underlay layer data with the overlay layer data. An improved home score indicia may be displayed based upon the recommended device.