Patent ID: 11934579
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A method for providing a virtual reality session with a head-mounted wearable device, the method comprising:
determining that a virtual event corresponds to an informational notification;
identifying a location of the virtual event within a virtual environment with respect to a field-of-view;
identifying a location of a haptic device on a strap of the head-mounted wearable device corresponding to the location of the virtual event within the virtual environment with respect to the field-of-view; and
synchronizing, with an occurrence of the virtual event, activation of the haptic device to operate in informational notification mode in response to a determination that the virtual event occurs outside of the field-of-view,
wherein the haptic device is operable in the informational notification mode and an immersive mode, and the activation of the haptic device in response to the determination causes the haptic device to vibrate with a property reserved for the informational notification mode, wherein different properties are reserved for the immersive mode.