{
  "patent_number": "US 10789779",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "Microsoft's Hologram System That Reacts to Your Location",
  "original_title": "Location-based holographic experience",
  "summary": "Microsoft's 2020 patent describes a headset that shows holograms based on where you are in a physical space, guiding you along a path and reacting to your movement.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent describes a special headset, called a head-mounted display, designed for augmented or mixed reality experiences. It uses position sensors to track exactly where you are in a defined physical area, known as an 'experience space.' The headset has a computer inside that knows the layout of this space, like a map. It also has data for digital objects, called 'holographic objects,' and knows where each one should appear in the space. As you move along a set path, the headset detects your position and shows you a hologram when you reach a specific spot. For example, it could show a virtual guide pointing the way or display information about a historical site as you walk past it, updating the hologram as you move.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Holograms that are not tied to a specific location in a physical space.",
    "Experiences where the hologram doesn't change or update based on the user's real-time position.",
    "Systems that don't use a headset with position sensors to track the user.",
    "Holographic experiences that don't follow a defined path from a beginning to an end.",
    "Triggering physical effects without first detecting the user's position relative to a hologram."
  ],
  "filed": "2019-02-14",
  "granted": "2020-09-29",
  "expires": "2039-02-14",
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Microsoft Technology Licensing",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/microsoft-technology-licensing",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Andrew Zibits",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/andrew-zibits"
    },
    {
      "name": "Anthony Ambrus",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/anthony-ambrus"
    },
    {
      "name": "Michael W. McManus",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/michael-w-mcmanus"
    },
    {
      "name": "James Dack",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/james-dack"
    },
    {
      "name": "Alexander James Hogan",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/alexander-james-hogan"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jeffrey Kohler",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/jeffrey-kohler"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shawn Crispin Wright",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/shawn-crispin-wright"
    },
    {
      "name": "Todd Alan Omotani",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/todd-alan-omotani"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jason Bradley Scott",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/jason-bradley-scott"
    },
    {
      "name": "Korey Krauskopf",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/korey-krauskopf"
    },
    {
      "name": "Craig Lee Hoffman",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/craig-lee-hoffman"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "software",
    "telecommunications",
    "ai_ml"
  ],
  "abstract": "Examples disclosed herein relate to providing a location-based holographic experience. One example provides a head-mounted display device comprising a see-through display, one or more position sensors, a logic subsystem, and a storage subsystem comprising instructions executable by the logic subsystem to obtain data representing a plurality of holographic objects, acquire sensor data via the one or more position sensors to monitor a position of the head-mounted display device along a path of a holographic experience, detect that the position of the head-mounted display device meets a first position-based condition regarding a first holographic object, and display the first holographic object at a corresponding location for the first holographic object.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/10789779/location-based-holographic-experience",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/10789779/location-based-holographic-experience/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US10789779",
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