The invention relates to a camera device. The camera device has a view direction and comprises a plurality of cameras, at least one central camera and at least two peripheral cameras. Each said camera has a respective field of view, and each said field of view covers the view direction of the camera device. The cameras are positioned with respect to each other such that the central cameras and peripheral cameras form at least two stereo camera pairs with a natural disparity and a stereo field of view, each said stereo field of view covering the view direction of the camera device. The camera device has a central field of view, the central field of view comprising a combined stereo field of view of the stereo camera pairs, and a peripheral field of view comprising fields of view of the cameras at least partly outside the central field of view.

A near-eye display apparatus including at least one display unit having a display element and an optical system is provided. The display element provides a light beam. The light beam includes a first light beam and a second light beam having different image information and different polarization states. The optical system includes a first semi-reflective element, a first polarization conversion element, and a polarization reflector, arranged in sequence along an optical axis. The polarization reflector allows a light beam having a first polarization state to pass and reflects a light beam having a second polarization state. The light path and the image distance of the second light beam are greater than the light path and the image distance of the first light beam, and the first light beam and the second light beam are emitted by at least one display unit to form a combined light beam.

An augmented reality device for providing three-dimensional (3D) augmented reality and an operation method of the same are provided. The augmented reality device includes a multi-view picture generation unit configured to generate a multi-view picture including single-view images having respective individual characteristics, and generate an exit pupil including the generated multi-view picture, a waveguide configured to replicate the exit pupil generated by the multi-view picture generation unit, and an eyebox viewing zone generation unit configured to separate the single-view images based on the individual characteristics, and generate a three-dimensional (3D) image by outputting the single-view images in viewing zones in an eyebox corresponding to views of the single-view images.

Devices, methods, systems, and media are described for selecting virtual objects for user interaction in an extended reality environment. Distant virtual objects are brought closer to the user within a virtual 3D space to situate the selected virtual object in virtual proximity to the user's hand for direct manipulation. A virtual object is selected by the user based on movements of the user's hand and/or head that are correlated or associated with an intent to select a specific virtual object within the virtual 3D space. As the user's hand moves in a way that is consistent with this intent, the virtual object is brought closer to the user's hand within the virtual 3D space. To predict the user's intent, hand and head trajectory data may be compared to a library of kinematic trajectory templates to identify a best-matched trajectory template.

A static multiview display and method of static multiview display operation provide a static multiview image using diffractive gratings to diffractively scatter light from guided light beams having different radial directions. The static multiview display includes a light guide configured to guide plurality of guided light beams and a light source configured to provide the guided light beam plurality having the different radial directions. The static multiview display further includes a plurality of diffraction gratings configured to provide from a portion of the guided light beams directional light beams having intensities and principal angular directions corresponding to view pixels of the static multiview image. The static multiview image has an arrangement of views configured to provide diagonal parallax that may facilitate viewing from a diagonal direction relative to the static multiview display.

Provided is an information processing apparatus for causing a plurality of virtual screens to display images, the information processing apparatus including a user information acquisition section configured to acquire user information indicating at least one of a user preference and a user attribute, an image determination section configured to determine images to be displayed on the respective virtual screens according to the user information, and a display processing section configured to cause the virtual screens to display the respective images determined by the image determination section.

A head-up display includes a display device and an optical system. The display device includes a display panel, an input unit, a memory, and a controller. The display panel is configured to display an image. The input unit is configured to receive calibration information indicating a position of a calibration object and first position information indicating positions of user's eyes based on an image capturing device. The memory is configured to store the calibration information. The optical system is configured to allow a user to visually recognize a virtual image plane, which is a virtual image of the image displayed on the display panel, by reflecting image light emitted corresponding to the image toward the user's eyes. The controller is configured to convert the first position information into second position information indicating the positions of the eyes based on the virtual image plane by using the calibration information.

A head-up display includes a display device and an optical system. The display device includes a display panel, an input unit, a memory, and a controller. The display panel is configured to display an image. The input unit is configured to receive calibration information indicating a position of a calibration object and first position information indicating positions of user's eyes based on an image capturing device. The memory is configured to store the calibration information. The optical system is configured to allow a user to visually recognize a virtual image plane, which is a virtual image of the image displayed on the display panel, by reflecting image light emitted corresponding to the image toward the user's eyes. The controller is configured to convert the first position information into second position information indicating the positions of the eyes based on the virtual image plane by using the calibration information.

Certain example embodiments relate to a box or other viewer that accommodates one or more glass-inclusive samples and that is usable in a plurality of different configurations to facilitate evaluation of the sample(s) from indoor and outdoor viewing perspectives. The sample viewer is “convertible” between a transportation configuration and the indoor and outdoor viewing perspective configurations. For example, certain example embodiments may be used as glass-inclusive sample shipping and storage containers that transform into miniature mockup walls with little manual effort and with little risk of human viewers looking at glass the wrong way (e.g., a manner that would lead to a false impression of the visual aesthetic of the sample(s) therein). The glass-inclusive sample(s) may include one or more uncoated or coated glass sheets, insulated glass (IG) units, vacuum insulated glass (VIG) units, laminated products, and/or the like.

The invention provides an augmented reality system including a wearable device in the form of a headset for providing a person wearing the headset with an augmented view of a real-world environment. The headset includes a display unit positioned to be within a field of view of a person wearing the headset. The headset further includes a processing subsystem built into the headset and operable to receive a wireless signal comprising compressed augmented reality content from a remote server system and to further display the augmented reality content on the display unit.