Patent ID: 11870972
Assignee: WITHIN UNLIMITED, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 19:
20. A method, in a system in which a virtual reality (VR) user interacts with a virtual environment via a VR device, and in which the VR user is provided a view of the virtual environment via the VR device, the method comprising:
(A) tracking the VR user relative to a second device in a real-world environment;
(B) extracting an image of the VR user from the real-world environment, wherein the extracting is performed by the second device and uses one or more depth maps determined and/or obtained by the second device and using at least one camera in the second device;
(C) obtaining information about the virtual environment;
(D) presenting a second view corresponding to the VR user's virtual environment, wherein the second view is based on the virtual environment and interactions of the VR user with the virtual environment, and wherein the second view is presented as if seen from a location and/or perspective and/or orientation of the second device relative to the VR user in the real-world environment; and
(E) recording and/or storing aspects of the second view,
wherein the second view includes a representation of the VR user, and
wherein the representation of the VR user comprises the image of the VR user extracted in (B) or an image based thereon,
wherein the image of the VR user is extracted from the real-world environment in (B), independent of a background or background color in the real-world environment, and
wherein the representation of the VR user comprises an unaugmented representation or a virtual representation or an augmented representation of the VR user.