HANDS-FREE AUDIO CONTROL DEVICE

Traditional head-mounted display experiences require a hand controller (e.g. thumbstick, touchpad, gamepad, keyboard, etc.) to manipulate audio controls. The invention is a hands-free, body-based navigation technology that puts the participant's body in direct control of movement through sonic...

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Main Authors Bear, Eric Justin Gould, Strickland, Rachel M, McKee, Jim
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 02.06.2022
Subjects
AMUSEMENTS
CALCULATING
CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES
COMPUTING
CONTROLLING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRICITY
GAMES
GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
HUMAN NECESSITIES
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES
PHYSICS
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
REGULATING
SPORTS
SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS, BUILDING BLOCKS
VIDEO GAMES
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Summary:Traditional head-mounted display experiences require a hand controller (e.g. thumbstick, touchpad, gamepad, keyboard, etc.) to manipulate audio controls. The invention is a hands-free, body-based navigation technology that puts the participant's body in direct control of movement through sonic space. Participants lean towards a sound source to make it louder and lean away to make it quieter. In some embodiments, the more a participant leans, the faster the volume changes. Because the interactions were designed to respond to natural bearing and balancing instincts, movement coordination is intuitive and easy to learn.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202217676082