Patent ID: 9679352
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G02B,G06F,G06T

Claim:
1. A method for operating a display device, comprising: displaying a virtual object using virtual reality glasses, the virtual object being displayed for viewing from a virtual observation position; continuously detecting a position of the virtual reality glasses; continuously determining whether the position of the virtual reality glasses is disposed in a specified region that is defined as a region in physical space with respect to a head of a user wearing the virtual reality glasses; if the virtual reality glasses are disposed in the specified region based on the continuously determining, displaying the virtual object on an external display device for viewing from the same virtual observation position as used by the virtual reality glasses to display the virtual object; and if the virtual reality glasses are not disposed in the specified region based on the continuously determining, determining a content to be displayed on the external display device independently of the position of the virtual reality glasses and displaying the content on the external display device, wherein the region in physical space is a three-dimensional volume that surrounds and is spaced apart from the head of the user by a distance that corresponds to a typical range of movement of a head of a human.