Abstract: Incidental acceleration is used to provide an entertainment experience, where incidental acceleration is defined in one sense as acceleration that is not controlled by a user, that is in many cases present because of the user's presence in a traveling vehicle, such as an airplane, train, or car. Such may be employed to significantly improve the user's traveling experience, particularly where the user is wearing virtual reality goggles or the like, because the user will be less aware of the confined nature of the vehicle, and significantly more aware of the virtual reality environment. In a specific example, for travelers with a “fear of flying” or motion sickness, such systems and methods could lead to a more pleasurable flying experience. The acceleration data can be sourced from sensors associated with the vehicle or from a local source.

Abstract: Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) headsets, such as the Google Glass® and Oculus Rift® systems, respectively, are poised to become significant new factors in computer environments, including gaming, virtual tourism, and the like. Such may be advantageously employed in the playback and rendering of books, and in particular audio books. Systems and methods according to present principles generally provide an audio playback experience, of an audio book, while displaying scenes pertaining to the audio book on the screen of an AR or VR system, e.g., a headset or other environment.