Patent ID: 9122321
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: G02B,G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for presenting a collaboration experience using a see-through head mounted display apparatus, comprising: determining a three dimensional location of the apparatus, the apparatus includes one or more sensors and a see-through display; determining an orientation of the apparatus; determining a gaze of a wearer looking through the see-through display of the apparatus; determining a three dimensional location of one or more users in the field of view of the user through the see-through display, the determining of the three dimensional location of the one or more users is performed using the one or more sensors; receiving a selection of collaboration data and a selection of a collaboration environment within the field of view from the wearer; rendering virtual representations of the collaboration data in the field of view; determining persons in the wearer's field of view to be included in collaboration environment and who are permitted to share information in the collaboration environment; outputting shared collaboration data in the form of virtual objects to users in the collaboration environment having audio/visual devices in the collaboration environment; identifying collaboration permissions for each person in the field of view of the wearer, the collaboration permissions permitting the share of information subject to authentication; displaying a virtual control menu on one or more of the virtual objects to select varying levels of the collaboration permissions for each person, thereby enabling the wearer to selectively and independently display the virtual objects to each person in the collaboration environment based on the selected level of collaboration permissions and from a perspective of the field of view of each person in the collaboration environment; receiving input from the users in the collaboration environment on the virtual object, the input manipulating a change in the virtual object; and displaying the change in the virtual object to the wearer.