Microsoft recently filed a patent for a Virtual Reality Floor Mat. Microsoft VR MAT is a special mat which defines the virtual playspace and prevent crashing onto the furniture while experiencing the new worlds of virtual reality.
Microsoft’s Patent VR MAT
Microsoft’s virtual reality mat patent application is accredited to the inventors Julia Schwarz, Principal Software Engineer on HoloLens, and Jason Michael Ray, Software Engineer on HoloLens. The application was filed in April 2018 and published on October 3rd, 2019.
There are still chances that users could hit surrounding objects, damaging items or injuring themselves irrespective of multiple warnings from VR systems if they cross outside space. Microsoft’s Patent VR MAT will address this issue, by providing audio heads-up or visual warning box or haptic feedback.
Artwork stated in the patent mentions a living room environment in which VR experience is provided through a game console. Employing this Xbox can take gaming experience to the next level.
- Microsoft stated that its mat could include markers a VR headset would scan to create or adjust a safe zone.
- With the help of pressure sensors, it can detect the start position you’d stand on before you set foot into the game.
- It could also provide haptic feedback during your gaming period.
- Microsoft VR Mat will be facilitated with shared coordinate system for the multiplayer experience of gaming.
- Tech savvys state Microsoft releases this with sufficient square footage and can be adjusted onto the flooring surface with interlocking.
Anyways, giant companies like Microsoft file thousands of patents each year and it is no way confirmation that they will manifest the same in a product. However, Patent filing is an initial step towards potential floor mat and a glimpse of what a company is thinking and aids you play games in VR Microsoft’s Patent VR MAT while ensuring little safety.
