Patent ID: 9542718
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G02B,G06F,G06T

Claim:
1. An apparatus for updating image data, comprising: a head mounted display (HMD) device to display a view of an environment; an update buffer of the HMD device, wherein the update buffer is to store image data comprising: an update module, at least partially comprising hardware logic, wherein the logic of the update module is to provide image data from the update buffer to be displayed at the HMD device based on an update policy, wherein the update module is to provide image data from the update buffer to be displayed at the HMD device rather than image data directly from a source computing device to be displayed at the HMD device, wherein the source computing device is external to the HMD device and is to provide updates to the update buffer; wherein the update module is further configured to direct the source to provide a selective update to the buffer, wherein the selective update comprises an update to image data in the current view that is changing above a predetermined threshold.