Patent ID: 9063566
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G02B,G06F,G06Q,G06T

Abstract:
1. A shared collaboration system including a head-mounted display device operatively connected to a computing device, the head-mounted display device including a transparent display screen through which an active user may view a physical space, the shared collaboration system enabling the active user to interact with at least one additional user and with at least one collaboration item, the shared collaboration system comprising: a collaboration engine program executed by a processor of the computing device, the collaboration engine program configured to: determine that the active user is performing an active user action that changes the at least one collaboration item; determine that the at least one additional user is performing an additional user action that changes the at least one collaboration item in a manner conflicting with the active user action; and based on the active user action and the additional user action, establish a social connection between the active user and the at least one additional user.