Abstract: Examples apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture and methods to adjust a keyboard position are disclosed. An example keyboard position adjustment system includes a keyboard orientation detector to determine a first keyboard position of a keyboard and/or a hand position detector to determine a hand position near the keyboard. The example system also includes an adjuster to move the keyboard to a second keyboard position based on the first keyboard position and/or the hand position.

Abstract: A mechanism is described for facilitating interest-based enhancement in media quality according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes receiving eye tracking information from a wearable computing device, where the eye tracking information contains data relating to pupils of eyes of a user having access to the wearable computing device. The method may further include enhancing quality of at least contents of media, if a size of a pupil is determined to have been altered due to the user's interest in the contents, where the media having the enhanced contents is encoded and communicated back to the wearable computing device to be rendered at the wearable computing device.

Abstract: Techniques described herein are related to video coding using display modification input.

Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to automatic adjustment of head mounted display straps. An embodiment of a head mounted display apparatus includes a display unit; a strap harness including one or more straps; one or more pressure sensors; a microcontroller; and one or more automatic adjustment mechanisms for the one or more straps, wherein the microcontroller is to adjust the one or more straps by controlling operation of the one or more automatic adjustment mechanisms based at least in part on sensor data from the one or more pressure sensors.

Abstract: A system, article, and method of rendering late or early audio-video frames.

Abstract: Components, devices, systems, and methods for providing a movable haptic actuator for a user interacting with a simulated environment. The simulated environment may be virtual reality, augmented reality, or mixed reality. A fastener may be used to couple the haptic actuator to a wearable article worn by the user. The haptic actuator communicates with a controller to receive information to provide feedback to the user during operations of the simulated environment. The haptic actuator may be movable from a first position on the wearable article to a second position.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods to reduce a scan for identifying physical objects are disclosed. An example system includes a light source to broadcast a light signal, a window adjuster to set a scan parameter for the light signal, and a transceiver to receive communication indicative of a physical position of a mobile unit. In the example system, the window adjuster is to adjust the scan parameter based on the physical position.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and storage media associated with placing graphical elements in a graphical user interface (GUI) in view of a region of interests (ROI) are disclosed herein. An apparatus may comprise a GUI manager to receive a designation of a region of interest, ROI, of a first graphical element of a GUI to be rendered on a display device; and to place a second graphical element into the GUI in view of the ROI of the first graphical element. The GUI manager may be loaded into the memory and executed by the processor circuitry of a computing device. The first graphical element may have one or more ROIs, and there may be one or more instances of the first graphical element, placed over one or more display devices.

Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to automatic adjustment of head mounted display straps. An embodiment of a head mounted display apparatus includes a display unit; a strap harness including one or more straps; one or more pressure sensors; a microcontroller; and one or more automatic adjustment mechanisms for the one or more straps, wherein the microcontroller is to adjust the one or more straps by controlling operation of the one or more automatic adjustment mechanisms based at least in part on sensor data from the one or more pressure sensors.

Abstract: Techniques related to video coding perform by using projected motion vectors.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and storage media associated with placing graphical elements in a graphical user interface (GUI) in view of a region of interests (ROI) are disclosed herein. An apparatus may comprise a GUI manager to receive a designation of a region of interest, ROI, of a first graphical element of a GUI to be rendered on a display device; and to place a second graphical element into the GUI in view of the ROI of the first graphical element. The GUI manager may be loaded into the memory and executed by the processor circuitry of a computing device. The first graphical element may have one or more ROIs, and there may be one or more instances of the first graphical element, placed over one or more display devices.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with telemetry based feedback for improved media streaming are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include one or more processors, devices, and/or circuitry to obtain telemetry data corresponding to a plurality of sources, and to utilize the telemetry data to determine whether neighboring peer-to-peer wireless media streams associated with the plurality of sources are to operate at a same time on a same channel or are presently operating at the same time on the same channel. The one or more processors, devices, and/or circuitry may be to transmit signaling associated with a channel change recommendation in response to determining that the neighboring peer-to-peer wireless media streams are to operate at the same time on the same channel or are presently operating at the same time on the same channel. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Technology for adjusting touch resolution for a capacitive touch sensor. A touch resolution of a capacitive touch sensor is set to a first resolution. A footprint of an object in contact with a surface of the capacitive touch sensor is determined. The capacitive touch sensor is adjusted to a second resolution to detect objects based on the footprint of the object, wherein the second resolution is different than the first resolution.

Abstract: Components, devices, systems, and methods for providing a movable haptic actuator for a user interacting with a simulated environment. The simulated environment may be virtual reality, augmented reality, or mixed reality. A fastener may be used to couple the haptic actuator to a wearable article worn by the user. The haptic actuator communicates with a controller to receive information to provide feedback to the user during operations of the simulated environment. The haptic actuator may be movable from a first position on the wearable article to a second position.

Abstract: An apparatus for augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) computing may comprise an interface to receive data associated with a plurality of signal emitters (e.g., light sources) or a plurality of signal receivers (e.g., photosensors) associated with a cable connecting a head mounted device (HMD) to a client device. The apparatus may further include a cable visualization engine coupled to the interface to present or cause to present a visualization of the cable in an AR or VR environment provided to the HMD by the client device. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: Examples apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture and methods to adjust a keyboard position are disclosed. An example keyboard position adjustment system includes a keyboard orientation detector to determine a first keyboard position of a keyboard and/or a hand position detector to determine a hand position near the keyboard. The example system also includes an adjuster to move the keyboard to a second keyboard position based on the first keyboard position and/or the hand position.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods are described for automatically managing a plurality of virtual assistants that may be simultaneously available on the same device and wherein each assistant may be preferred for a particular task. Selected assistants may be activated by substituting their key phrase when another was actually uttered.

Abstract: A mechanism is described for facilitating interest-based enhancement in media quality according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes receiving eye tracking information from a wearable computing device, where the eye tracking information contains data relating to pupils of eyes of a user having access to the wearable computing device. The method may further include enhancing quality of at least contents of media, if a size of a pupil is determined to have been altered due to the user's interest in the contents, where the media having the enhanced contents is encoded and communicated back to the wearable computing device to be rendered at the wearable computing device.

Abstract: A system, article, and method are provided for adjusting video quality based on viewer distance to a display.

Abstract: An apparatus is described herein. The apparatus includes a controller and a screen mirror unit. The controller is to identify input parameters and transmit the input parameters out of band to a sink. The screen mirror unit is to transmit input data and coordinates out of band to the sink, where the input data is rendered based on the input parameters and coordinates.