Abstract: An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a context engine to determine contextual information, a recommendation engine communicatively coupled to the context engine to determine a recommendation based on the contextual information, and a configuration engine communicatively coupled to the recommendation engine to adjust a configuration of a graphics operation based on the recommendation. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a processor, memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and a collaboration engine communicatively coupled to the processor to identify a shared graphics component between two or more users in an environment, and share the shared graphics components with the two or more users in the environment. Embodiments of the collaboration engine may include one or more of a centralized sharer, a depth sharer, a shared preprocessor, a multi-port graphics subsystem, and a decode sharer. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a facial expression detector to detect a facial expression of a user, and a parameter adjuster communicatively coupled to the facial expression detector to adjust a graphics parameter based on the detected facial expression of the user. The detected facial expression may include one or more of a squinting, blinking, winking, and facial muscle tension of the user. The graphics parameter may include one or more of a frame resolution, a screen contrast, a screen brightness, and a shading rate. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: In one example, a head mounted display system includes detecting a position of a head of a user of the head mounted display, predicting a position of the head of the user of the head mounted display at a time after a time that the position of the head of the user was detected, and rendering image data based on the predicted head position.

Abstract: In one example, a head mounted display system includes at least one memory; and at least one processor to execute instructions to: detect a first position and a first view direction of a head of a user based on sensor data generated by at least one of an accelerometer, at least one camera, or a gyroscope at a first point in time; determine a latency associated with a time to cause an image to be presented on the display; determine a predicted position and a predicted view direction of the head of the user at a second point in time based on the latency; render, prior to the second point in time, the image for presentation on the display based on the predicted position and the predicted view direction of the head of the user; and cause the display to present the rendered image.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide away to enhance an augmented reality (AR) and/or virtual reality (VR) user experience with environmental information captured from sensors located in one or more physical environments. More particularly, systems, apparatuses and methods may provide a way to track, by an eye tracker sensor, a gaze of a user, and capture, by the sensors, environmental information. The systems, apparatuses and methods may render feedback, by one or more feedback devices or display device, for a portion of the environment information based on the gaze of the user.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to techniques for shutting down one or more GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) components in response to unchanged scene detection are described. In one embodiment, one or more components of a processor enter a low power consumption state in response to a determination that a scene to be displayed is static. The static scene is displayed on a display device (e.g., based on information to be retrieved from memory) for as long as no change to the static scene is detected. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a focus identifier to identify a focus area, and a color compressor to selectively compress color data based on the identified focus area. Another embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a motion detector to detect motion of a real object, a motion predictor to predict a motion of the real object, and an object placer to place a virtual object relative to the real object based on the predicted motion of the real object. Another embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a frame divider to divide a frame into viewports, a viewport prioritizer to prioritize the viewports, a renderer to render a viewport of the frame in order in accordance with the viewport priorities, and a viewport transmitter to transmit a completed rendered viewport. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a context engine to determine contextual information, a recommendation engine communicatively coupled to the context engine to determine a recommendation based on the contextual information, and a configuration engine communicatively coupled to the recommendation engine to adjust a configuration of a graphics operation based on the recommendation. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that identifies, at an image post-processor, unresolved surface data and identifies, at the image post-processor, control data associated with the unresolved surface data. Additionally, the technology may resolve, at the image post-processor, the unresolved surface data and the control data into a final image.

Abstract: An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a processor, memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and a collaboration engine communicatively coupled to the processor to identify a shared graphics component between two or more users in an environment, and share the shared graphics components with the two or more users in the environment. Embodiments of the collaboration engine may include one or more of a centralized sharer, a depth sharer, a shared preprocessor, a multi-port graphics subsystem, and a decode sharer. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: Virtual reality systems and methods are described. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a communications interface to provide frame data of a virtual reality scene to a head mounted display (HMD); at least one performance monitor coupled to at least one component of the apparatus the at least one performance monitor to monitor performance of the at least one component and to send an alert based on the performance of the at least one component; a processor to process the frame data; a controller to receive the alert based on the performance of the at least one component and to offload processing of the frame data from the processor to the HMD for processing; and a display to show the rendered view of the scene.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a memory and a processor. The memory is to store sensor data captured by one or more sensors associated with a first device. Further, the processor comprises circuitry to: access the sensor data captured by the one or more sensors associated with the first device; determine that an incident occurred within a vicinity of the first device; identify a first collection of sensor data associated with the incident, wherein the first collection of sensor data is identified from the sensor data captured by the one or more sensors; preserve, on the memory, the first collection of sensor data associated with the incident; and notify one or more second devices of the incident, wherein the one or more second devices are located within the vicinity of the first device.

Abstract: Techniques for three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of a dynamic scene as a set of voxels are provided. One technique includes: receiving, by a processor, image data from each of two or more spatially-separated sensors observing the scene from a corresponding two or more vantage points; fusing, by the processor, the image data into the set of voxels on a frame-by-frame basis; segmenting, by the processor, the image data into objects that constitute the scene; detecting, by the processor, which of the objects remain static from frame to frame, remaining ones of the objects being dynamic; filtering, by the processor, the set of voxels to remove those of the voxels corresponding to the static objects, to produce a dynamic subset of the voxels; and outputting, by the processor to a display device, those of the voxels corresponding to the dynamic objects (such as the dynamic subset) and not to the static objects.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to techniques for shutting down one or more GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) components in response to unchanged scene detection are described. In one embodiment, one or more components of a processor enter a low power consumption state in response to a determination that a scene to be displayed is static. The static scene is displayed on a display device (e.g., based on information to be retrieved from memory) for as long as no change to the static scene is detected. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a processor to: identify a workload comprising a plurality of tasks; generate a workload graph based on the workload, wherein the workload graph comprises information associated with the plurality of tasks; identify a device connectivity graph, wherein the device connectivity graph comprises device connectivity information associated with a plurality of processing devices; identify a privacy policy associated with the workload; identify privacy level information associated with the plurality of processing devices; identify a privacy constraint based on the privacy policy and the privacy level information; and determine a workload schedule, wherein the workload schedule comprises a mapping of the workload onto the plurality of processing devices, and wherein the workload schedule is determined based on the privacy constraint, the workload graph, and the device connectivity graph.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that identifies, at an image post-processor, unresolved surface data and identifies, at the image post-processor, control data associated with the unresolved surface data. Additionally, the technology may resolve, at the image post-processor, the unresolved surface data and the control data into a final image.

Abstract: An embodiment may include an application processor, persistent storage media coupled to the application processor, and a graphics subsystem coupled to the application processor. The system may further include any of a performance analyzer to analyze a performance of the graphics subsystem to provide performance analysis information, a content-based depth analyzer to analyze content to provide content-based depth analysis information, a focus analyzer to analyze a focus area to provide focus analysis information, an edge analyzer to provide edge analysis information, a frame analyzer to provide frame analysis information, and/or a variance analyzer to analyze respective amounts of variance for the frame. The system may further include a workload adjuster to adjust a workload of the graphics subsystem based on the analysis information. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: Virtual reality systems and methods are described. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a communications interface to provide frame data of a virtual reality scene to a head mounted display (HMD); at least one performance monitor coupled to at least one component of the apparatus the at least one performance monitor to monitor performance of the at least one component and to send an alert based on the performance of the at least one component; a processor to process the frame data; a controller to receive the alert based on the performance of the at least one component and to offload processing of the frame data from the processor to the HMD for processing; and a display to show the rendered view of the scene.

Abstract: An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a processor, memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and a collaboration engine communicatively coupled to the processor to identify a shared graphics component between two or more users in an environment, and share the shared graphics components with the two or more users in the environment. Embodiments of the collaboration engine may include one or more of a centralized sharer, a depth sharer, a shared preprocessor, a multi-port graphics subsystem, and a decode sharer. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.